Hey there, my apologies for not lurking a while before posting a question,
but I have an easy newbie question concerning distributed computing. I
recently installed Madrake 7.0 on a P166 w/ 32 M running KDE with a
"normal" configuration. Until I get a web-server up and running, I
downloaded and installed the SETI@Home distributed computing project to run
alongside my Wintel PCs. While doing a "top" today, I noticed that my CPU
utilization was up around 98% and my memory was topping out at around 40%.
I remember once reading that admins should be discouraged from using 3GL
screen savers because they put such a stress on CPU's, and I'm wondering if
running SETI@Home can have longterm damaging consequences related to heat
et al. A 98% utilization rate seemed a little high to me. Would this be
something that reducing the 'nice' value could help to alleviate?
Thanks to anyone who has the time to answer my newbie paranoia questions....
brian j colaluca
Frederick, MD
