Foreword

My hosts are running 24/24h and are attached to different distributed computing projects of the Boinc platform. Since my first steps in grid computing back in May 2000, my hardware obviously changed a lot. I started with a 486DX4 100 MHz home built computer, then a Cyrix P166+, a Pentium II 400 MHz, and even a 486DX2 66 MHz in August 2003 (for a stupid record: a workunit done in 14 days and 13 hours, right on time for the result validity of 15 days. Just to compare: my main host by that time could process 2 workunits in parallel in less than 2 hours each).

Since I started, I never suffered any technical problem related to their continuous activity. If I hadn't to reboot my hosts every month for Windows updates, they would never stop working but 2 days a year when I clean them. Now that 3 of my hosts are running Linux, their uptime is even longer.

My computer farm

Network

Intel Core 2 Quad [Kentsfield G0] Asus P5B 2x1024 Mb DDR2 G.Skill 2x1024 Mb DDR2 Kingston Western Digital 320 Gb LG GH22NS30 Noname GeForce GTX260+ Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 x64 ViewSonic VX912 19" LCD AMD Opteron 170 [Toledo] DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra D 2x512 Mb Adata Vitesta PC4800 TCCD Maxtor 80 Gb Maxtor 120 Gb Maxtor 250 Gb Seagate Baracuda IV 60 Gb External Nec ND 3520-A Asus Extreme AX300SE 128 Mb DDR Lian Li PC 70 Windows XP Pro SP2 Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 [Conroe] Gigabyte GA33M-DS2R 2x512 Mb DDR2 Crucial Seagate 40 Gb Philips SPD2412BD Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 x64 Sony HX73B 17" LCD Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 [Conroe] Gigabyte GA33M-DS2R 2x512 Mb DDR2 Crucial Seagate Baracuda 7200.9 80 Gb MSI 52x32x52 Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 x32 BenQ FG71+ 17" LCD Freebox HD V5

Usage : This is my main host. I do almost everything with it (video, photo, office work, surf, games, music, etc...). Usage : The server for the family. Mainly dedicated to storage: photos, videos, music, other hosts backups, ftp server... Usage : Used by my son to surf the net and watch TV. Incidentally, he may eventually search information for his homework. Usage : Used by my daughter for MSN, listening music, MSN, surfing the net, MSN, photos, MSN, homework, MSN. Well, mostly for MSN in fact. Usage : Mainly used to spread kilometers of wires everywhere under my desktop.

All these computers run permanently and are attached to different projects running Boinc.


I'm not alone: I am a member of the RoadRunners team


Our team is part of the Hardware.fr forum team:


Which is contributing to the Alliance Francophone team:

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First publication: april 14, 2008 Last modified: may 22, 2010

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