Hello, I'm completely new to world community grid but have used SETI@home in the past. I'm currently working on a project to get at least the majority of Rutgers University's computer networks running BOINC or some similar program. With a possible contribution of approximately 7000 hours per day, this can make quite a contribution to any project on this system. Ideally,the choice of which projects the computer networks contribute processing time to will be left to the various departments that control the particular labs to decide.

To begin with, my goal is to install BOINC on the computer labs that are run b Rutgers engineering department. These are on an isolated network from the rest of the university's computers so should offer a test case for how to go about running the software university wide. Each computer allows users to run either windows or Linux, depending on their preference.

Here's where my questions begin. First, is it at all possible to obtain a single version of BOINC, or any other similar program someone might know of, that is capable of running on either Windows XP or Linux? If this isn't the case, I will resort to utilizing only the windows version as the vast majority of students and faculty use windows anyway. [/qoute]

I hope you get it working. BOINC is open source and can be compiled for every operating system. Linux and windows binaires are mad for you to download
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Second, I need to know if BOINC is capable of running 24/7, regardless of who is logged on a computer, and even if anyone is logged on. Most processing time would be contributed while no one is logged on to the computer.
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Boinc will probably run as long as you're computer is on soo for linux and *BSD operatin systems that can be years.

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Finally, is there a way to limit the upload/download of the program per computer per day? Do to the current contract Rutgers has with its ISP, I will not be able to install BOINC on any computer if it uses more than 1 GB download per day and 1 GB upload per day. Although this might not seem lke much, remember this university has more than 2000 computers capable of contributing this 1 GB per day, it just has to remain below the 1 GB limit per computer.
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You can. Just go to the homepage and click on download and test boinc yourselves. You can limit these speed from the my grid page on this website and in the advanced view the boinc program on your computer.

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I would like to get in contact with anyone else that has experience with setting BOINC up on a university wide level or anyone that might know how to broach this issue. I have the full support of the people that run these networks and have already had several people agree to donate time to this cause if it is possible. I can be reached at the email below for more discussion. Thank you for your time.