UK BOINC Team Forum

Posted: **Sat Jul 14, 2018 12:09 am**

Hi all

Current ODLK project website shows we have now amassed 1,165,518 credits (in total).

Deducting our end of 2017 total of 56,422 means we have earned 1,109,096 credits this year, which should now put us ahead of SETI.Germany on the FB Marathon for ODLK.

That gives us a net gain of 1 FB credit (and of course we had already gained back the point we lost when BOINC.Italy overtook us).

FB website will no doubt confirm this when their daily credits update takes place.

regards
Tim

Posted: **Mon Jul 16, 2018 8:36 am**

This morning's update shows we've passed Italy to gain another two points

... And Russia is only a couple of days away

Mark

Posted: **Mon Jul 16, 2018 11:51 am**

Woodles wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 8:36 am This morning's update shows we've passed Italy to gain another two points

... And Russia is only a couple of days away

Mark

Hi Mark

So it looks like Italy were keen to do well in the BS Challenge !!

Personally I'd have thought they would have gone on to maybe get at least in the Top 5...but OTOH, by easing off now, gives us a chance for a couple of days (and before the next Sprint) to extend our lead by a wee bit...

Russia are 200,000 ahead, so that's a possible scalp we could take !!

regards
Tim

Posted: **Mon Jul 16, 2018 5:07 pm**

I've filled my cache and turned off network access on the off chance that ODLK might be selected on Weds night. If not then nothing is lost.

Chris.

Posted: **Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:51 pm**

UBT - Chris Suddick wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 5:07 pm I've filled my cache and turned off network access on the off chance that ODLK might be selected on Weds night. If not then nothing is lost.

Chris.

Hi Chris

Well out of the "runners and riders" for the next Sprint the following could be discounted:

Already been chosen in 2018:
#4) Amicable Numbers
#8) Asteroids@home (supports CPU/GPU)
#6) Enigma@home
#5) Moo! Wrapper (supports CPU/GPU)
#10) NFS@home
#7) ODLK1
#9) Rosetta@home
#1) Seti@home (supports CPU/GPU)
#2) VGTU@home
#3) World Community Grid

Possibles - but unlikely:
BURP - unlikely - not enough tasks available
DENIS@Home - unlikely - not enough tasks available
DrugDiscovery@home - unlikely - not enough tasks available
The dDM-Project - CLOSED DOWN
theSkyNet POGS - the PS1 Optical Galaxy Survey - CLOSED DOWN
Wanless Mersenne +2 - unlikely - Linux only
XANSONS for COD - unlikely - not enough tasks available

leaving the following:
Acoustics@home
Citizen Science Grid
Collatz Conjecture (supports CPU/GPU)
Cosmology@home
Einstein@home (supports CPU/GPU)
GPUGrid (supports CPU/GPU)
LHC@home 1.0 (supports CPU/GPU)
Milkyway@home (supports CPU/GPU)
NumberFields@home
ODLK
PrimeGrid (supports CPU/GPU)
RakeSearch
SRBase
TN-Grid
Universe@Home
Yafu
Yoyo@home

Only 3 out of the 10 chosen thus far have been CPU/GPU projects, so 7 have been CPU only...so I think another GPU project could be chosen...though if you check other posts Mark found some info that the project is chosen randomly...

I'm carrying on with ODLK (until the appointed time) just to build up a buffer with other ODLK teams.

If ODLK ISN'T chosen, be prepared to "abort" a lot of the tasks so you can fill your cache with the chosen projects tasks.

regards
Tim

Posted: **Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:25 am**

UBT - Chris Suddick wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 5:07 pm I've filled my cache and turned off network access on the off chance that ODLK might be selected on Weds night. If not then nothing is lost.

Chris.

Good thinking Chris, I've done the same

If nothing else, Russia are in for a big surprise

Mark

Posted: **Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:22 am**

Hi all

Some Tuesday 11am ODLK stats, from FB website :

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Pos.	Team			Points	2018 credits	Total credits	2017 total credits
1	SETI.USA		25	17,377,276	23,588,170	6,210,893
2	L'Alliance Francophone	18	11,814,332	16,105,324	4,290,992
3	Boinc@Taiwan		15	4,796,243	5,140,281	344,038
4	Czech National Team	12	4,378,521	4,995,650	617,128
5	Gridcoin		10	3,955,656	4,645,672	690,016
6	TeAm AnandTech		8	2,251,856	2,352,021	100,164

7	Russia Team		6	1,520,487	2,882,153	1,361,665
8	UK BOINC Team		4	1,383,438	1,439,861	56,422

9	BOINC.Italy		2	1,325,794	1,325,794	0
10	SETI.Germany		1	1,104,072	17,079,375	15,975,302

So, UBT is 137,049 credits behind Russia at present...

regards
Tim

Posted: **Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:48 am**

UBT - Timbo wrote: ↑Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:22 am(snip)
So, UBT is 137,049 credits behind Russia at present...

Some other interesting figures

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15/07/2018
Team		FB Total	Per day
Russia Team	1,514,898	 3,152
UK BOINC Team	1,226,126	90,110
16/07/2018
Team		FB Total	Per day
Russia Team	1,519,278	 5,569
UK BOINC Team	1,322,293	96,953
17/07/2018
Team		FB Total	Per day
Russia Team	1,520,487	 4,380
UK BOINC Team	1,383,438	96,167

Mark

Posted: **Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:24 am**

UBT - Timbo wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:51 pm
UBT - Chris Suddick wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 5:07 pm I've filled my cache and turned off network access on the off chance that ODLK might be selected on Weds night. If not then nothing is lost.

Chris.
Hi Chris

Well out of the "runners and riders" for the next Sprint the following could be discounted:

Already been chosen in 2018:
#4) Amicable Numbers
#8) Asteroids@home (supports CPU/GPU)
#6) Enigma@home
#5) Moo! Wrapper (supports CPU/GPU)
#10) NFS@home
#7) ODLK1
#9) Rosetta@home
#1) Seti@home (supports CPU/GPU)
#2) VGTU@home
#3) World Community Grid

Possibles - but unlikely:
BURP - unlikely - not enough tasks available
DENIS@Home - unlikely - not enough tasks available
DrugDiscovery@home - unlikely - not enough tasks available
The dDM-Project - CLOSED DOWN
theSkyNet POGS - the PS1 Optical Galaxy Survey - CLOSED DOWN
Wanless Mersenne +2 - unlikely - Linux only
XANSONS for COD - unlikely - not enough tasks available

leaving the following:
Acoustics@home
Citizen Science Grid
Collatz Conjecture (supports CPU/GPU)
Cosmology@home
Einstein@home (supports CPU/GPU)
GPUGrid (supports CPU/GPU)
LHC@home 1.0 (supports CPU/GPU)
Milkyway@home (supports CPU/GPU)
NumberFields@home
ODLK
PrimeGrid (supports CPU/GPU)
RakeSearch
SRBase
TN-Grid
Universe@Home
Yafu
Yoyo@home

Only 3 out of the 10 chosen thus far have been CPU/GPU projects, so 7 have been CPU only...so I think another GPU project could be chosen...though if you check other posts Mark found some info that the project is chosen randomly...

I'm carrying on with ODLK (until the appointed time) just to build up a buffer with other ODLK teams.

If ODLK ISN'T chosen, be prepared to "abort" a lot of the tasks so you can fill your cache with the chosen projects tasks.

regards
Tim

hopefully Primegrid. Been slogging away at that one for a while. That 1080ti goes through PPS (sieve) like a hot knife through butter. 3 minutes for 3371 credit. 1060GTX not that far behind either.

Posted: **Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:12 am**

bigsinky wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:24 amhopefully Primegrid. Been slogging away at that one for a while. That 1080ti goes through PPS (sieve) like a hot knife through butter. 3 minutes for 3371 credit. 1060GTX not that far behind either.

Primegrid would be nice, a decent server, well established apps and always plenty of work.

Mark.

Posted: **Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:05 pm**

8hr35min for Genefer 21 credit 147K on a 1080ti. centuries for wingman to verify

6mins 35sec for PPS(sieve) credit 3371 yet it takes just over 8 hours via CPU. is this still the best app for maximizing the credit? both duncan and meddy2065 seem to think so. duncan has caught me again

would they still use 2 stage if it was picked for the sprint? just have to wait and see.

Posted: **Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:56 pm**

I forgot they use wingmen

I haven't ran PrimeGrid for ages, it would be useful to have a set of times and credits for each application just in case they do pick it.

And yes, if it's picked then two stage verification will still be a part of it. The project owners don't get told they've been picked so they have no time to change the normal operation of the project.

Mark

Posted: **Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:39 pm**

Woodles wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:56 pm I forgot they use wingmen

I haven't ran PrimeGrid for ages, it would be useful to have a set of times and credits for each application just in case they do pick it.

And yes, if it's picked then two stage verification will still be a part of it. The project owners don't get told they've been picked so they have no time to change the normal operation of the project.

Mark

So more or less count it out. Bummer!

Posted: **Wed Jul 18, 2018 7:54 pm**

bigsinky wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:39 pm
So more or less count it out. Bummer!

I wouldn't say that, as PG has lots of different tasks, some of which don't take long at all - you just have to be selective in which tasks you choose to allow BOINC Manager to process. (See your PrimeGrid account and take a look in the "PrimeGrid preferences" section.

So, if shorter tasks are completed, there's a far better chance that these completed tasks *will* be validated by the wingman, within the Sprint period.

regards
Tim

Posted: **Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:54 pm**

It's on the list so it could be selected .... and it was last year

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:24 am**

We just passed Russia and gained another two points.

We're a long way off TAAT for the next point though. I think I might do the same as last week now and turn off network access until Wednesday's announcement.

Chris.

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:55 am**

You beat me to it

Yep, looks like TAAT are a few weeks away at least so no further progress in the near future.

Good idea with the bunkering again.

Mark

Posted: **Thu Aug 09, 2018 1:51 pm**

Just a quick update on ODLK...

We've created a comfortable buffer between ourselves and Russia, and closed the gap a little on TAAT. However, overclock.net are on a bit of a charge. They are currently 470k behind us and closing fast but it is a one-man charge and that man is currently on 830k so there is the chance he is just doing this to get to 1 million. If that is the case he might close down long before he bothers us. If not then he'll be past us in a fortnight.

Chris.

Posted: **Thu Aug 09, 2018 3:22 pm**

Hi Chris

I've taken my foot off the pedal on ODLK for a bit and I'm putting my CPU efforts into Acoustics@home for a wee while.

But I'll happily switch back to ODLK, if we need to.

regards
Tim

Posted: **Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:10 pm**

Hi Chris,

I was chasing L'Alliance in NFS but that's a few weeks off yet so just shout if you want a hand

Mark

Posted: **Thu Aug 09, 2018 7:32 pm**

As I said before I don't think there's any need to panic yet. I thought I might take a couple of days off and try the prime grid eclipse challenge and then I'll be straight back.

Chris.

Posted: **Fri Aug 17, 2018 12:48 pm**

As I suspected, the chappie from Overclock got his 1M and then went right off the boil. We're closing very slowly on TAAT who haven't scored a single point in over three weeks so I shall whittle away at the deficit for the foreseeable with the exception of any non-GPU sprints that I can help out on.

Chris.

Posted: **Fri Aug 17, 2018 1:04 pm**

Hi Chris

Good news

I'm running a couple of different CPU tasks at present: mainly odlk and VGTU so I can hit my own "1 million" credit targets and waiting for the resumption of the FB Sprints (in less than a week now)...at which point I'll switch depending on which projects are chosen.

regards
Tim

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