best bang for the buck?

crash893 · 2007-06-05, 00:54

Hi all

Every so often ( once or twice a week) i have to image 3 or 4 dualcore 3+ghz machines

I usually have access for about 24hours at a time

I was wondering what you think the best stradgy for getting work done would be

currently i have 4 usb thumb drives that i run p95 from but i would like to go with something over the network ( however every time i try that p95 is dog slow)

suggestions welcome

jasong · 2007-06-05, 02:35

Not every situation is suited for Prime95. Maybe you should try to find a project with shorter work units. If the computers have constant net access, I'd like to suggest Eon. Or, if you're fixated on the prime-finding projects, you could try Riesel Sieve. Lastly, if it must involve Prime95, what about the sub-projects?

crash893 · 2007-06-05, 03:45

what is a sub project

Cruelty · 2007-06-05, 07:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by crash893

what is a sub project

Here are some examples: http://www.mersenneforum.org/forumdisplay.php?f=67

garo · 2007-06-05, 14:00

It should not be dog slow over the network. There is something wrong in your setup if it is slow over the network. The only times Prime95 accesses the filesystem is at startup, shutdown, when a workunit finishes, when it communicates with the server and to write intermediate files. The intermediate file writes happen every 30 mins, definitely not enough to slow the computer down. Try and figure out what is slowing things down - or post the prime.ini and the setup.

cheesehead · 2007-06-06, 01:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by garo

The intermediate file writes happen every 30 mins

... unless, of course the DiskWriteTime parameter in prime.ini has been changed from its default value.

crash893 · 2007-06-06, 07:10

nope

ill post bench marks later

2007-06-05, 00:54	#1
crash893 Sep 2002 2³·37 Posts	best bang for the buck? Hi all Every so often ( once or twice a week) i have to image 3 or 4 dualcore 3+ghz machines I usually have access for about 24hours at a time I was wondering what you think the best stradgy for getting work done would be currently i have 4 usb thumb drives that i run p95 from but i would like to go with something over the network ( however every time i try that p95 is dog slow) suggestions welcome

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2007-06-05, 02:35	#2
jasong "Jason Goatcher" Mar 2005 3·7·167 Posts	Not every situation is suited for Prime95. Maybe you should try to find a project with shorter work units. If the computers have constant net access, I'd like to suggest Eon. Or, if you're fixated on the prime-finding projects, you could try Riesel Sieve. Lastly, if it must involve Prime95, what about the sub-projects?

2007-06-05, 03:45	#3
crash893 Sep 2002 450₈ Posts	what is a sub project

2007-06-05, 14:00	#5
garo Aug 2002 Termonfeckin, IE 101011001011₂ Posts	It should not be dog slow over the network. There is something wrong in your setup if it is slow over the network. The only times Prime95 accesses the filesystem is at startup, shutdown, when a workunit finishes, when it communicates with the server and to write intermediate files. The intermediate file writes happen every 30 mins, definitely not enough to slow the computer down. Try and figure out what is slowing things down - or post the prime.ini and the setup.

2007-06-06, 07:10	#7
crash893 Sep 2002 2³×37 Posts	nope ill post bench marks later