Hi SanramonBiondie, Welcome to the BOINC !

Similarity Matrix of Proteins
SIMAP - Project description
http://boinc.bio.wzw.tum.de/boincsimap/

System requirements for participating in the BOINC SIMAP project
* Medium bandwidth internet access, due to typical workunit and result sizes (estimated for approx. 1 hour of calculation time):
o Workunit 2 MB
o Result 0.5..1.5 MB
* 64 MB RAM for the SIMAP client
* 64 MB RAM free space on your harddisc for the SIMAP client

shadowvibe, it may be worth sticking around for the next project.

I am fairly certain that the next project will a) launch very soon and b) have lower system requirements. It is completely different to the molecular simulations we have been running on the grid so far.

The minimum requirements also protect computers from a load they can't handle. With the less frequent checkpoints of HPF2, it might be quite possible for you never to reach a checkpoint and thus never make any progress unless you keep the machine working constantly.

I know it's a little frustrating when you don't care about the impact WCG has on the computer, but WCG have to put safety first and not allow the crunching to affect a computer's normal operation.

You may (I can't guarantee this) be able to get around the processor requirement by switching to BOINC. BOINC measures performance differently, and since this particular machine has an unusually large amount of memory for such an old machine, it may just do some crunching for you. Try it, and report back :-)

Hi Sekerob,
They seem to have measured actual usage, which is much less than the minimum requirements enforced by the server. Why not drop them a note about our minimum system requirements on their message board? You will probably see many other improvements you can suggest.
Lawrence