Re: my recommended configuration for >= 8-cores
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:11 am
So, recapitulating:
if you want the fastest WU speed, go with a single "-smp 8" client. You may periodically be using half the system for a few days at a time (if you don't want to babysit it), otherwise, you'd have to manually start a second "-smp 4" client if it picks up an a1 WU.
For the most PPD, and most WU done within a given time period (depending on your processor speed, for me; because my procs were 2.4 GHz, so I use a 3-4 day window); go with two "-smp 4" clients. The WU speed will be slower, but you'd be able to do more "work" in the same period of time, and it's a much more "hands-off" approach for managing the system so you can just periodically check in on it using FahMon or something to make sure that the system is still running.
if you want the fastest WU speed, go with a single "-smp 8" client. You may periodically be using half the system for a few days at a time (if you don't want to babysit it), otherwise, you'd have to manually start a second "-smp 4" client if it picks up an a1 WU.
For the most PPD, and most WU done within a given time period (depending on your processor speed, for me; because my procs were 2.4 GHz, so I use a 3-4 day window); go with two "-smp 4" clients. The WU speed will be slower, but you'd be able to do more "work" in the same period of time, and it's a much more "hands-off" approach for managing the system so you can just periodically check in on it using FahMon or something to make sure that the system is still running.