Is anyone else moving primarly to v5

crash893 · 2008-05-19, 07:00

Im about 1/4 in v5 and 3/4 v4 im considering taking the plunge but i was wondering if anyone else had given it a try?

Nelson · 2008-05-20, 18:55

I had a system that I pulled out of my farm because it had hardware problems. Now that the problems are fixed I brought it up on v5 the first test was immediately assigned before I had set type of work to request. My bad but not fatal. So its doing a LL test with p-1 ecm factoring just like it would have done on v4 but I want to do Double Checks for a while for my own peace of mind. I still don't know what all the criteria will be when everything is finalized. For that reason I'm holding off for a while on moving the rest. If I lose the work on that system it won't be a great loss and will help a small amount to verify v5 functionality is the way I see it. The process has been going on for two years so I don't think a few more months of waiting will hurt. Some will depend on the type of work you plan to do. I doubt too that GIMPS bandwidth will be adversly affected either. I haven't seen any Green lights in the Forum, rather a somewhat deeeep Orange. George (Prime95) does warn that all work may be lost when the switch is finally made.

nelson

tha · 2008-05-20, 21:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by crash893

Im about 1/4 in v5 and 3/4 v4 im considering taking the plunge but i was wondering if anyone else had given it a try?

I did, but I recommend everyone to start with one machine, gain some experience and only then move more machines. George posted a note somewhere that v5 is not yet intended for pure production use. I am satisfisfied with v5 for my machines though.

Uncwilly · 2008-05-20, 22:06

All of my running machines are on 25.x, but not v5.

crash893 · 2008-06-04, 08:20

i moved another leg of my computer farm over today

so far im very happy with the V5 server

is there anything that i need to know about it in terms of are my stats going to be errased when it goes live or anything like that?

when does it come out of beta?

Prime95 · 2008-06-04, 13:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by crash893

i moved another leg of my computer farm over today

so far im very happy with the V5 server

is there anything that i need to know about it in terms of are my stats going to be errased when it goes live or anything like that?

when does it come out of beta?

There is a small chance I'll do something boneheaded that corrupts the stats tables causing them to be erased.

The missing piece (to ending beta) is the v4-to-v5 bridge. Scott has written it but wants to test it on a copy of the v5 database. Setting up that database copy has been problematic.

crash893 · 2008-06-04, 17:39

so "in theory" all my v4 stats will move over with me?

btw great job im still finding new stuff on the v5 server

crash893 · 2008-07-02, 08:12

moving the rest of my v4 farm over to v5 tomorrow anyone else going "all in"

mdettweiler · 2008-07-07, 02:12

I use v5 for all the work I do on GIMPS now, though that's not saying much since I mainly just use GIMPS for short-term filler work.

monst · 2008-07-07, 14:17

V5-only for me. And it's been that way for the last 4 months or so.

Uncwilly · 2008-07-18, 21:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

All of my running machines are on 25.x, but not v5.

In the past few days I have moved my machines (mostly) to V5

2008-05-19, 07:00	#1
crash893 Sep 2002 296₁₀ Posts	Is anyone else moving primarly to v5 Im about 1/4 in v5 and 3/4 v4 im considering taking the plunge but i was wondering if anyone else had given it a try?

2008-05-20, 18:55	#2
Nelson Apr 2008 Regensburg..^~^..Plzeň 5×17 Posts	Damp Feet only I had a system that I pulled out of my farm because it had hardware problems. Now that the problems are fixed I brought it up on v5 the first test was immediately assigned before I had set type of work to request. My bad but not fatal. So its doing a LL test with p-1 ecm factoring just like it would have done on v4 but I want to do Double Checks for a while for my own peace of mind. I still don't know what all the criteria will be when everything is finalized. For that reason I'm holding off for a while on moving the rest. If I lose the work on that system it won't be a great loss and will help a small amount to verify v5 functionality is the way I see it. The process has been going on for two years so I don't think a few more months of waiting will hurt. Some will depend on the type of work you plan to do. I doubt too that GIMPS bandwidth will be adversly affected either. I haven't seen any Green lights in the Forum, rather a somewhat deeeep Orange. George (Prime95) does warn that all work may be lost when the switch is finally made. nelson

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2008-05-20, 22:06	#4
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 10001111101011₂ Posts	All of my running machines are on 25.x, but not v5.

2008-06-04, 08:20	#5
crash893 Sep 2002 100101000₂ Posts	i moved another leg of my computer farm over today so far im very happy with the V5 server is there anything that i need to know about it in terms of are my stats going to be errased when it goes live or anything like that? when does it come out of beta?

2008-06-04, 17:39	#7
crash893 Sep 2002 296₁₀ Posts	so "in theory" all my v4 stats will move over with me? btw great job im still finding new stuff on the v5 server

2008-07-02, 08:12	#8
crash893 Sep 2002 2³×37 Posts	moving the rest of my v4 farm over to v5 tomorrow anyone else going "all in"

2008-07-07, 02:12	#9
mdettweiler A Sunny Moo Aug 2007 USA (GMT-5) 3×2,083 Posts	I use v5 for all the work I do on GIMPS now, though that's not saying much since I mainly just use GIMPS for short-term filler work.

2008-07-07, 14:17	#10
monst Mar 2007 179 Posts	V5-only for me. And it's been that way for the last 4 months or so.