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by GamithUK
Wed May 06, 2020 7:49 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: VMware releases Folding@home appliance
Replies: 7
Views: 1602

Re: VMware releases Folding@home appliance

Ah - Ok, so running v1.0.3 of the FAH appliance helps! 3 of the 4 allocated CPUs are going flat out whilst 1 is not doing much, so some improvement there. Also the idea is to SSH into it, so I did that instead of trying to stop top. Strangely I didn't tick the 'enable SSH' tickbox in the setup stage...
by GamithUK
Wed May 06, 2020 6:54 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: VMware releases Folding@home appliance
Replies: 7
Views: 1602

Re: VMware releases Folding@home appliance

JimboPalmer wrote:I would like to mention a known bug in the 7.5.1 F@H client, the first Work Unit only uses one CPU, after the first WU, they use the number you specify.
Is that the number of CPUs specified on the virtual machine, or is there a config in the Photon VM? I guess I can wait and find out.
by GamithUK
Tue May 05, 2020 4:49 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: VMware releases Folding@home appliance
Replies: 7
Views: 1602

Re: VMware releases Folding@home appliance

Quick comment :-) I am running the FAH appliance using VMware player 15. I configured it initially in 'light' mode and it started up fine and is folding away. I stopped the VM and gave it 4CPUs and 4GB Ram (my PC has 8 cores and I'm also running BOINC/Rosetta) and restarted it. 'top' is showing that...