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(played to The Knack's "My Sharona"
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Help Cure Coronavirus with Your PC's Leftover Processing Power
Protein folding is key to finding a cure.
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Grrr, the Reddit Team just passed us to take the coveted “Life, the Universe, and Everything” ranking (#42)!
Be careful what you wish for, Stanford University's Folding @Home is suddenly as in demand as toilet paper, N95 masks, and hand sanitizer:Folding Forum • View topic - Temporary server outagesHelp Cure Coronavirus with Your PC's Leftover Processing Power
Protein folding is key to finding a cure.
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Gratifying that so many people are now interested in folding. Frustrating as I'm currently sitting with all three graphics cards sitting idle, waiting to download work.
At least I've a dozen rolls of TP
and a full bottle of Johnnie Walker Green Label 
, I'm set.
Quick FYI: If you want to know if your Folding is targeting the COVID-19 virus, here's a list of the Projects assigned to that end:
Of course, that is assuming that your Folders can get assigned a Work Unit. If I didn't need to go to work, this would be a perfect time to blow out any dust from the heatsinks on my Farm. I have six total slots, and only two are active, the GTX 750i and CPU on my MacPro that I started Folding on thirteen years ago.
From this site: Folding Forum • View topic - [FAQ] SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) projects
Of course, that is assuming that your Folders can get assigned a Work Unit. If I didn't need to go to work, this would be a perfect time to blow out any dust from the heatsinks on my Farm. I have six total slots, and only two are active, the GTX 750i and CPU on my MacPro that I started Folding on thirteen years ago.
Prepare to meet the Enemy, thanks to our Folding contributions:
It looks like the drought may be over! My Folding Farm is firing on all cylinders again!
And
to our new SatelliteGuys.US Folding Team Members, Brandon_Ryan, davenport651, rocketdoc, and sundude90! We've increased our active team by 50%! WAY TO FOLD!!!
And
to our new SatelliteGuys.US Folding Team Members, Brandon_Ryan, davenport651, rocketdoc, and sundude90! We've increased our active team by 50%! WAY TO FOLD!!!
Woot! We are Strong!!!
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Folding@Home Now More Powerful Than World's Top 7 Supercomputers, Combined
The fight against coronavirus goes nuclear
Folding at Home breaks the ExaFLOP barrier!
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(I just wish my RTX 2060 could get Work. If I'm considered Essential, why not my Folders?)
Stanford has said that the Folding@Home project has seen a 20x jump in demand.
Folding@Home Network Breaks the ExaFLOP Barrier In Fight Against Coronavirus
Power from the people
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(I just wish my RTX 2060 could get Work. If I'm considered Essential, why not my Folders?)
Stanford has said that the Folding@Home project has seen a 20x jump in demand.
Yeah, I can't get any work for my GPU. I see lots of:
Sometimes it will start to download, and then just stop.
Code:
15:08:26:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
15:08:26:WARNING:WU00:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
15:08:26:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignmentSometimes it will start to download, and then just stop.
Code:
01:47:13:WU02:FS01:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
01:47:14:WU02:FS01:Assigned to work server 155.247.164.213
01:47:14:WU02:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:GP106GL [Quadro P2000] [MED-XN71] 3935 from 155.247.164.213
01:47:14:WU02:FS01:Connecting to 155.247.164.213:8080
01:47:14:WU02:FS01:Downloading 50.74MiB
01:47:20:WU02:FS01:Download 0.74%
01:47:26:WU02:FS01:Download 1.48%
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01:53:40:WU02:FS01:Download 19.59%
******************************* Date: 2020-03-27 *******************************
******************************* Date: 2020-03-27 *******************************At least my CPU is working on COVID:
I have had a number of completed WUs that can't/won't upload. They sit there in my Queue and clog things up:
It uploads to the Collection server, then dies:
It uploads to the Collection server, then dies:
Code:
00:40:29:WU03:FS02:Upload 1.43%
00:40:35:WU03:FS02:Upload 6.84%
00:40:41:WU03:FS02:Upload 12.83%
00:40:47:WU03:FS02:Upload 17.96%
00:40:49:WU04:FS00:0xa7:Completed 260000 out of 500000 steps (52%)
00:40:53:WU03:FS02:Upload 23.95%
00:40:59:WU03:FS02:Upload 29.37%
00:41:05:WU03:FS02:Upload 35.36%
00:41:13:WU01:FS02:0x22:Completed 800000 out of 1000000 steps (80%)
00:41:13:WU01:FS02:0x22:Temperature control disabled. Requirements: single Nvidia GPU, tmax must be < 110 and twait >= 900
00:41:16:WU03:FS02:Upload 40.77%
00:41:22:WU03:FS02:Upload 47.05%
00:41:28:WU03:FS02:Upload 52.75%
00:41:34:WU03:FS02:Upload 58.45%
00:41:40:WU03:FS02:Upload 63.87%
00:41:48:WU03:FS02:Upload 70.43%
00:41:54:WU03:FS02:Upload 76.99%
00:42:00:WU03:FS02:Upload 82.69%
00:42:06:WU03:FS02:Upload 87.25%
00:42:13:WU03:FS02:Upload 90.96%
00:42:19:WU03:FS02:Upload 97.52%
00:42:23:WU03:FS02:Upload complete
00:42:23:WU03:FS02:Server responded PLEASE_WAIT (464)
00:42:23:WARNING:WU03:FS02:Failed to send results, will try again later
00:42:24:WU03:FS02:Sending unit results: id:03 state:SEND error:NO_ERROR project:11747 run:0 clone:2983 gen:1 core:0x22 unit:0x000000068ca304e75e6a7fd4ef565568
00:42:24:WU03:FS02:Uploading 21.92MiB to 140.163.4.231Dr. Bowman was interviewed by Financial Times about the Folding @ Home project and its efforts against COVID19:
I seem to be getting a few GPU jobs per day on my Quadro P2000, but it sits idle most of the time. The CPU is getting more jobs, but still sits idle at times.
