WCG-TPU Cruncher's Hardware/Tech Support Discussion Thread

jboydgolfer · Apr 23, 2016

Mine doesnt look like that...atleast ive not seen it yet.ill look 4 it

thebluebumblebee · Apr 23, 2016

xvi said:
I've been trying to find some small drives for little rigs that I'd like to get crunching. I was thinking about picking up some old caching drives or something (32GB-ish?). Option two are the rather inexpensive $30-35-ish 120GB SSDs out there. Anyone have thoughts on this?

Edit: The three-pack/bundle of SSDs really doesn't save you any money, it seems. =/

I've bought some brand new 7,200 rpm 2.5" drives off of CL for $20 each, but yeah, the prices of small SSD's are getting crazy low.

stinger608 · Apr 24, 2016

jboydgolfer said:
Mine doesnt look like that...atleast ive not seen it yet.ill look 4 it

Are you in "simple" view or "advanced" view?

In advanced view at the top, click on "tools." Then you will see "computing preferences..."

That is the screen shot that @manofthem is showing.

thebluebumblebee · Apr 24, 2016

stinger608 said:
That is the screen shot that @manofthem is showing.

What version are you on?

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Apr 24, 2016

thebluebumblebee said:
What version are you on?

You response made me look at what version I am running. Damn I never update stuff. LOL I am on v 7.6.9 on this rig and I believe the rest of the rigs are even older builds.

thebluebumblebee · Apr 24, 2016

The DL link at WCG shows version 7.2.47??????

stinger608 · Apr 24, 2016

thebluebumblebee said:
What version are you on?

Same as @ThE_MaD_ShOt . :laugh:

I never seem to remember to update BOINC.

thebluebumblebee · Apr 24, 2016

The latest version at BOINC is 7.6.22.

Norton · Apr 24, 2016

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
You response made me look at what version I am running. Damn I never update stuff. LOL I am on v 7.6.9 on this rig and I believe the rest of the rigs are even older builds.

Same here- my setups are dedicated crunchers so if they run stable without errors then I just leave them alone :oops:

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Apr 24, 2016

thebluebumblebee said:
The latest version at BOINC is 7.6.22.

That .22 is a higher version then the .9, think of the .9 as .09

Caring1 · Apr 24, 2016

thebluebumblebee said:
The DL link at WCG shows version 7.2.47??????

That's the version I am on, and it doesn't show an update.
edit: found the update on the Boinc Manager site, updating now to7.6.22

jboydgolfer · Apr 24, 2016

stinger608 said:
Are you in "simple" view or "advanced" view?

In advanced view at the top, click on "tools." Then you will see "computing preferences..."

That is the screen shot that @manofthem is showing.

yeah, im familiar with the software, but his is a different version....it looks like you guys might have figured that out on your own tho.

thebluebumblebee · Apr 28, 2016

xvi said:
Edit: The three-pack/bundle of SSDs really doesn't save you any money, it seems. =/

Shell Shocker: 3 pack ADATA Premier SP550 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC for $100.

Caring1 · Apr 28, 2016

thebluebumblebee said:
Shell Shocker: 3 pack ADATA Premier SP550 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC for $100.

Is there a way to set them up so they show as one drive?

manofthem · Apr 28, 2016

Caring1 said:
Is there a way to set them up so they show as one drive?

You mean a raid-0? Eh, I wouldn't bother with it, it doesn't seem worth it to me.

xvi · Apr 29, 2016

Caring1 said:
Is there a way to set them up so they show as one drive?

Yes, RAID-0, which splits the file equally and reads/writes to all drives at once. The benefit is double/triple/quadruple/etc the read/write performance (theoretically). The downside is double/triple/quadruple/etc the failure rate since if any single drive fails, you lose all your data (if you RAID those three drives, you'll only have 2/3 of everything).
There's also RAID-1 which just copies data to all drives. This is the most redundant, but slowest.
There are other RAID levels that are more complicated which blend performance and redundancy in various ways, but 0 and 1 are among the most common.

manofthem said:
You mean a raid-0? Eh, I wouldn't bother with it, it doesn't seem worth it to me.

It might be worth doing RAID-0 for the capacity. 120GB on its own isn't much. Also, SATA SSDs might benefit a little bit from the speed boost in real-world applications. I'd imagine it'd be hard to notice though.
Other than capacity, I agree. Probably wouldn't bother.

t_ski · May 1, 2016

Depending on the controller, there can be some serious overhead with a Raid config. Personally, I would go with a Raid 5 array to make sure a drive failure would not take the system down.

manofthem · May 1, 2016

I'm actually considering a raid setup once again, this time maybe a raid 1. I'm thinking of putting it in the wife's PC that doubles as a media server, holds all our crap. I've only ever dealt with raid 0 once before a few years ago, so it'll be brand new territory. I guess if I could swing enough hdds, I could throw together a raid 5....

Caring1 · May 1, 2016

A Raid 10 might be better, if you can get 4 identical drives.

manofthem · May 1, 2016

Caring1 said:
A Raid 10 might be better, if you can get 4 identical drives.

That's pretty much an impossibility on my end

manofthem · May 3, 2016

I'm thinking that I'm going to do a little hardware shuffle. The wife's rig is crunching and folding on the 550w, I think I'm going to swap the 660w into there since it's a higher spec platinum psu. I was also going to change her pc into a different case, so now is the time I guess.

The only downside is that the 550w is going to me in the mATX case which may make for a more crowded environment, but eh it's going to have to be.

This Haf 932 has been a good case but I'll be happy to see it move on

stinger608 · May 3, 2016

manofthem said:
This Haf 932 has been a good case but I'll be happy to see it move on

I actually have two of them. One of them is a red AMD case. Nice thing about the HAF cases is they will hold extended ATX motherboards.

However, they are large and heavy!

manofthem · May 3, 2016

stinger608 said:
I actually have two of them. One of them is a red AMD case. Nice thing about the HAF cases is they will hold extended ATX motherboards.

However, they are large and heavy!

That AMD case sounds pretty awesome!

I'm not so opposed to the size; after all the 900D sits close to it and dwarfs the Haf :laugh:

But it's been through a lot, and his Fractal sitting here patiently I think will make a better home, at least for now. The Fractal will have a smaller footprint and should look a bit sexier!

t_ski · May 4, 2016

What kind of drives do you think you can swing Matt?

manofthem · May 4, 2016

t_ski said:
What kind of drives do you think you can swing Matt?

No real idea, haven't looked at it that seriously yet. Last drive I got was a Seagate 3tb, so I was considering trying to find a few more, but last year I paid less than that.

I'm open to suggestions!

Additionally, I need a few new black sata cables. Anyone think these will be ok?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812422652&ignorebbr=1

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WCG-TPU Cruncher's Hardware/Tech Support Discussion Thread

jboydgolfer

thebluebumblebee

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

thebluebumblebee

ThE_MaD_ShOt

thebluebumblebee

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

thebluebumblebee

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

ThE_MaD_ShOt

Caring1

jboydgolfer

thebluebumblebee

Caring1

manofthem

WCG-TPU Team All-Star!

xvi

t_ski

Former Staff

manofthem

WCG-TPU Team All-Star!

Caring1

manofthem

WCG-TPU Team All-Star!

manofthem

WCG-TPU Team All-Star!

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

manofthem

WCG-TPU Team All-Star!

t_ski

Former Staff

manofthem

WCG-TPU Team All-Star!

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