Re: Re: SETI@home

["Vipul Mathur" <vipul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Raju Mathur <raju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> My PIII/550, 512KB cache, 128MB RAM does a work unit in approx. 8
> hours if left undisturbed.  Look at secondary cache -- that makes a
> big difference in the processing speed.  cat /proc/cpuinfo
>
> Client is: setiathome-2.4.i386-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1
>
> -- Raju

I have a PIII 700 MHz Coppermine processor with 256 KB Full speed Advanced
Transfer Cache (ATC). Isn't this supposed to perform better that 512K
half-speed cache?? Anywahy, Mrinal is running on a Celeron... think of the
cache factor for that??

Oddly enough, even if I run two simultaneous clients (from separate
directories of course) I get the same 16 hrs per work unit !!!

Now I'm  even more surprised!! Anyone with an explanation??

Cheerio!

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> >>>>> "Vipul" == Vipul Mathur <vipul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>     Vipul> Mrinal Kalakrishnan <mrinal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>     >> Hi,
>     >>
>     >> Vipul Mathur typed: > I just happend to note that you are
>     >> averaging about 12hrs per work unit.  > I'm curious, can you
>     >> tell me what hardware config you are using? I use a > PIII
>     >> 700MHz system with 64MB ram and average 16 hrs per unit!!
>     >>
>     >> This is an absolute shock to me, and will be to you as
>     >> well. This is the configuration of my system: Celeron 300A (no
>     >> overclocking), 64Mb of RAM. :-)
>     >>
>     >> I don't understand how your performance could be so low!!
>     >>
>     >> You *are* using the linux client right?  Cheers..
>     >>
>     >> Mrinal Kalakrishnan <mrinal@xxxxxxxxx> http://mrinal.dhs.org/
>
>     Vipul> Yes I'm shocked, and yes I am using the
>     Vipul> i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-static client.
>
>     Vipul> I'm cc'ing to list so that someone can hopefully shed some
>     Vipul> light on this.  Raju, Neil what do you ppl have to say
>     Vipul> about this??
>
>     Vipul> Could the members pf Linux-India (SETI@home group) please
>     Vipul> post their system config, client version and average hours
>     Vipul> per work unit (on the mentioned hardware) to this list?
>
>     Vipul> Cheerio!