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Ommadawn
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Hi!
I'm a teacher in a secondary school and i would like to install BOINC software with Word Community Grid projects. In the teacher's server there's no problem but all the students computers are identical (have the same CPU, memory, operating system, hostname,...) If I use the same account for the students... would it be any problem? Thanks! |
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The first and foremost thing to do before anything is to get permission to install boinc in writing!
You don't want to end up like that guy who loaded boinc (seti) on the district computers and is now facing possible charges and might have to pay back millions of dollars. http://www.kpho.com/news/21778774/detail.html |
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Sekerob
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Yes, please carefully follow the good advise of brinktastee... don't want you to hit the pink slip queue.
----------------------------------------As for the installs, devices with same name is fine, long as you do not clone installs, rather install each. You may run them all under the same account. For identification purposes suggest to use the suppress network config option. <suppress_net_info>1</suppress_net_info> This will identify the devices on the website by their device ID number rather than device name. The device ID number shows in the startup log of each client. To example, what you get is then this: Result on web page: CMD2_ 0332-ATPB.clustersOccur-2IAE_ B.clustersOccur_ 1_ 6822_ 7228_ 7070_ 7122_ 1-- 1112084 Pending Validation 11-2-10 22:18:46 15-2-10 19:52:51 5.26 98.7 / 0.0 Log entry in client: 15/02/2010 10:28:34 World Community Grid URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 1112084; resource share 500 By this token you can correllate a problem device with results listed on the website and the relevant statistics. Let us know how you wish to roll out, there being a mass install document at disposal.
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Ommadawn
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Thank for the advise, I got the permission.
I'm a little bit newbie using boinc, so... where do I must edit the network config option? Which file contains that xml code? Thanks! |
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Sekerob
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The option needs to be put in the cc_config.xml file you have to create and put in the data_dir. This file does not exist by default. Instructions for all theavailable parms you find in this wiki document.
----------------------------------------http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Cc_config.xml [ot]your handle, "Ommadawn", makes me think of Mike Oldfield[/ot]
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Ommadawn
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Yeah, I'm so interested in identification puposes, because all of these computers are identical, even the host name. So you said I must put this code into the cc_config.xml file inside the data_dir, isn't it?
If I do that... would these computers appear cleary identificable in the web, on results stats page? Thanks. PS: Yes, "Ommadawn" was a great album of Mike Oldfield :-) |
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Sekerob
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Question of annotating the device ID shown in the client start up logs, put them in a reference table, maybe a sticker on the back of the PC and having the list handy when looking on the Result Status pages. When you have many devices use the filters at the top.
----------------------------------------Yes, the file format looks correct. Just put it in the data_dir prior to attaching to WCG. The datadir is printed also in the client start up log and looks like this: 15/02/2010 10:28:34 Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC good luck and let us know if you need more help
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Sekerob
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PS: You will want to get ahold of the BOINCTasks utility http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/boinc_tasks/. Requires a few more bits to add to the client, then you can monitor all in one view from one central machine.... has to be a windows machine!
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Ommadawn
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Yes, the file format looks correct. Just put it in the data_dir prior to attaching to WCG I think you said that first I must put that code in the cc_config.xml file inside the data_dir and then I must execute the BOINC application, isn't it? I'm not an english speaker, as you can see  Thanks |
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Sekerob
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Me, I'm not an inglese speaker either... using a shelf full of dictionaries all the time ;>)
----------------------------------------Yes, you got it correct, prior to doing the project attach bit, else you end up with all those duplicate device names and confusion.
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