VMWare Appliance for F@H

roast · Mar 23, 2020

Okay so there's probably a very small audience for this, but I figured I'd post about it anyway.

There's a Folding@Home appliance on the VMWare Flings site here:

Flings

flings.vmware.com

This is a quick-deploy virtual machine which is pre-configured for folding. All of the configuration (with the exception of the folding team, sneaky!) is customized in the vCenter GUI during deployment.
Of course the team can be changed afterwards.

In my case, I'm running a few standalone ESXi hosts (not on vCenter) so I opted to deploy the OVA using a Powershell script - some example deployment scripts are available here:

GitHub - lamw/vmware-fah-automation: Automation examples for deploying VMware Appliance for Folding @ Home (https://flings.vmware.com/vmware-appliance-for-folding-home)

Automation examples for deploying VMware Appliance for Folding @ Home (https://flings.vmware.com/vmware-appliance-for-folding-home) - lamw/vmware-fah-automation

github.com

Has anyone else here played around with these yet?

As with everyone - it's a bit hit and miss finding WU's at the moment, but my 32 vCPU VM is waiting patiently...

Skywalker12345 · Mar 30, 2020

only if i could deploy a few of these at work

phill · Apr 2, 2020

I wish I had some batteries for the solar to charge so I could run more overnight

The amount the PC's and servers use is mental!!

Processor	Intel® Core™ i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz
Motherboard	EVGA 121-KS-E375
Cooling	Stock (Temp.)
Memory	GEIL 8192 MB X2 (DDR4-2137) - XMP 2.0 - P/N: CL16-16-16 D4-2400
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER (TU104-410)
Storage	Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB & Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB
Display(s)	LG 32" Widescreen
Case	Corsair Carbide Series 400
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair HX850 Platinum
Mouse	Razer Viper Ultimate
Keyboard	DAS
Software	Windows 10 20H2 64 Bit

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

VMWare Appliance for F@H

roast

Flings

GitHub - lamw/vmware-fah-automation: Automation examples for deploying VMware Appliance for Folding @ Home (https://flings.vmware.com/vmware-appliance-for-folding-home)

Skywalker12345

phill

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