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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
I have a retired IBM 44P-170 running Gentoo Linux which is currently devoted to SETI@home. It's not a fast machine and it takes a little under a day to complete a standard job for the SETI project. But, it is a hard worker that's reliable and stable. Rather than looking for Aliens that we'll never meet in my lifetime, I would rather put it to more constructive use. Helping to conquer Cancer would be just the thing for me because I'm a 4 year survivor of a brain tumor.
My question/request is, if it's possible to run WCG apps and 'Help Conquer Cancer' in particular on an anonymous platform. I can compile most anything if I have the source. Or if anyone has access to the source who happens to have a ppc64 box to compile on, if they could compile it sans altivec? Surely, there's someone out there running linux on a ppc64 Mac or a PS3. A cross-compiler would do it also. I use a cross-compiler for doing my Gentoo updates as well as other installs, such as SETI. There are a lot of people out there running Linux on PS3, so a generic build that would work on my IBM Power3 would most likely work on any ppc64. As long as Altivec isn't used I'm good. I definitely want to help to fight cancer. I also love to find uses for my IBM. This is an IBM backed project after all.  |
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Sekerob
Ace Cruncher Joined: Jul 24, 2005 Post Count: 20043 Status: Offline |
Linux PPC platform is not supported by WCG... think few projects do. The problem is, the science has to be compiled for the PPC processor / OS combo and not only that, we need quite a few machines to pair up with your device to verify the quorum 2 result as is standard for HCC.
----------------------------------------Projects that run X-platform type quorum that do not need homogeneous redundancy as e.g. HPF2 might be considered, but doubt it for again, it's the numbers of devices, the testing effort and resource limitation to branch further out into more platforms.
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Sorry. It just isn't practical for World Community Grid to support anonymous platforms. Much as they would love to support every single computer out there, I'm afraid it's just not possible.
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Col323
Senior Cruncher Joined: Nov 4, 2008 Post Count: 372 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hi trigggl. It's people like you who motivate me to crunch. Even though you can't let your IBM box join in the fray, I'll be sure to keep my computers running 24/7 for you and all others afflicted by cancer. Crunch Crunch.
One thing you might check into is the Optimal Golomb Ruler project offered by distributed.net. These rulers are useful in x-ray crystallography, which is used in many areas of bioscience. I believe some of the projects on WCG make use of crystallography, although I'm not sure if HCC is one of them. The OGR project has just entered a new phase and the project admins are confident they will find a new optimal ruler. That means better bioscience for all and something which should be attainable within our lifetimes. Since they've just cut over to a new phase, not all of their clients have been updated to support this type of work. They're updating the most popular platforms first, so be patient. It's only been a week. Regardless of what you do, your interest is appreciated. Hopefully your story will inspire others to crunch HCC, and maybe there are people in your life who you can prompt into action. |
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Sorry. It just isn't practical for World Community Grid to support anonymous platforms. Much as they would love to support every single computer out there, I'm afraid it's just not possible. OK. Thanks. I didn't think so, but I had to ask. |
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Dotsch
Advanced Cruncher Joined: Feb 12, 2006 Post Count: 100 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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If you would like to crunch other biomedical science, SIMAP and Superlink@technion would eventualy of interest. Both has application support for Linux on PPC.
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