On Sep 28, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Maureen Vilar wrote: > Martin said: > > *'A simple example for Boinc would be an actual physical computer at > the > project lab or wherever, provided that it can run through all types > of WUs, > reasonably quickly, and survive the lifespan of the project. That is > then > used to calibrate *live* WUs across all participants, in a > hierarchical way > similar to what is done with NIST standards.'* > ** > I believe that exactly such a computer is still in existence at CPDN > in > Oxford. It was originally used to calibrate CPDN's credits against > SETI > which had joined Boinc earlier. Credits have been kept at that level > apart > from a 5% increase to compensate for some WUs that disappeared into > a black > hole. > > As you can see from the Boinc combined credits comparison page ( > http://boinc.netsoft-online.com/e107_plugins/boinc/get_cpcs.php) > this system > has worked admirably. There is now *one project* offering fewer > credits than > CPDN. > > Perhaps someone knows how this computer could be cloned and the clones > distributed to all projects before it expires and needs to be > repaired?
If we had implemented the calibration concept that is suffering from so much negative feedback ... :) We would have been able to correctly match the lab computer to one of John's and others out in the wild and those would be our standards. For faster machines, over time we would know how much faster they are than the standards and by how much. Now, we would know how an i7 scales and that could be the new standard ... :) _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
