Later today we will start sending out workunits that will use a new feature of the BOINC 5.8 client. This feature will compress the result files before sending them back to the server. Members do not need to do anything and in general will not notice that this is occurring except that uploads will complete more quickly.

The result files for the FightAIDS@Home project are compressed to about 1/5th of their original size. The result files for the Genome Comparison project are being compressed to about 1/3rd of their original size. The result files for Human Proteome Folding - Phase II were already compressed and are thus unaffected by this change.

Please note that users of the BOINC 5.2 and BOINC 5.4 clients will not have their upload files compressed as these versions do not support the feature. These clients will continue to work correctly at World Community Grid so you are not required to upgrade.