VM server went down again — back up now
The VM server went down again last night. Â It’s back up now, but I’m not happy that this has happened so frequently. Â We’re looking into what’s going on here. Â Later…
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More core17 WUs are on the way
We see a shortage in Core17 WUs, so we’re building more core17 WUs right now. Â The building process takes some time, probably until tomorrow morning. Â By then, there will be…
Read moreVM server back up & plan to improve this for next time
The VM server is back up, so the key services (asssign2, assign-GPU, and stats) are now back up. Â Right now, there is no assign-GPU2 (backup GPU AS) and, considering the…
Read moreFAH VM server down, sys admins notified
A key FAH VM server is down, which means that stats updates are on hold (but points are still being kept on the WS’s, just not reported to the web…
Read moreBowman lab update
I started a few projects to study the dynamics of a protein called dihydrofolate reductase (or just DHFR for short) a few months ago and now have enough data to…
Read moreHappy Holidays! Looking back at 2013 and forward to 2014 …
As the year ends, it’s a natural time to look at some key highlights of we’ve done in 2013 and look ahead to what’s on deck for 2014. Â One of…
Read moreKey new results published in Nature Chemistry
A key new work from the Pande Group just came out in Nature Chemistry and got a nice holiday present: our work on the cover! Briefly, we applied methods developed and…
Read moreChanges to the bigadv threshold
We have a policy of periodically re-evaluating the bigadv program, including the threshold required to run bigadv projects. It is the intent of bigadv to match large and resource-intensive work…
Read moreUnder the hood at Berkeley
The Bowman lab at the University of California, Berkeley recently purchased its first Folding@home server and I thought I would share a little bit about what’s under the hood. The…
Read moreChanges in Core17: update and move to full fah
With FAH GPU Core17 taking over the lion share of our calculations, with the older cores (especially core15 and core16) phasing out (as previously announced), we’re rolling out core 17…
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