How to Participate in SETI
Let's start building a monster computer that will excel at distributed computing tasks., Get a good motherboard., Put in enough RAM to do this stuff., Fit as many processors as your motherboard allows, and make them expensive, powerful ones., For...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Let's start building a monster computer that will excel at distributed computing tasks.
Get one with support for plenty of RAM, but crucially, seek multi-processor support.
The more processors you jam into the computer, the more simultaneous tasks you can undertake.
Also, for the fastest upgrade path, get one with 64 bit support. , Nowadays, you can get up to 128GB of RAM on consumer platforms (LGA 2011-V3).
Better make it the fastest RAM (that your chipset/CPU clock speed will allow). , The more expensive and powerful the better.
Server processors are better in some categories than normal processors. , Its trickier configuring the Bionic Manager to get all the cards/cores to work at the same time but if you do, this will blow away any CPU on the market.
Period. , If you want to avoid learning a new operating system, use one in which you are comfortable installing and using.
Operating systems in order of least overhead:
LimeTech unRaid (If you want to run multiple Operating Systems) Windows Server 2016/2013 r2 MacOS X (Snow Leopard) Windows 10 ,, http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/).
Type the URL into BOINC, and it will download work-units (WUs) to start processing. , Graphs and statistics are provided in the software, so you can track your progress. , -
Step 2: Get a good motherboard.
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Step 3: Put in enough RAM to do this stuff.
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Step 4: Fit as many processors as your motherboard allows
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Step 5: and make them expensive
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Step 6: powerful ones.
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Step 7: For extreme Seti performance you will need a powerful GPU
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Step 8: get the latest high end graphics card
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Step 9: or ideally more than one (nvidia is better at this)!
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Step 10: Install an operating system with the least amount of overhead.
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Step 11: Download and Install the BOINC software that Seti@Home and the other Good Causes runs on.
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Step 12: Get the URL of the project you want to join (eg.
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Step 13: Start crunching those SETI (or other Good Cause) packets.
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Step 14: Good Luck!
Detailed Guide
Get one with support for plenty of RAM, but crucially, seek multi-processor support.
The more processors you jam into the computer, the more simultaneous tasks you can undertake.
Also, for the fastest upgrade path, get one with 64 bit support. , Nowadays, you can get up to 128GB of RAM on consumer platforms (LGA 2011-V3).
Better make it the fastest RAM (that your chipset/CPU clock speed will allow). , The more expensive and powerful the better.
Server processors are better in some categories than normal processors. , Its trickier configuring the Bionic Manager to get all the cards/cores to work at the same time but if you do, this will blow away any CPU on the market.
Period. , If you want to avoid learning a new operating system, use one in which you are comfortable installing and using.
Operating systems in order of least overhead:
LimeTech unRaid (If you want to run multiple Operating Systems) Windows Server 2016/2013 r2 MacOS X (Snow Leopard) Windows 10 ,, http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/).
Type the URL into BOINC, and it will download work-units (WUs) to start processing. , Graphs and statistics are provided in the software, so you can track your progress. ,
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