ATI WU shortage
There has been an ATI WU shortage over the last few days. We have been working on it during the week, but there have been some unusual circumstances involved this…
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publication of FAH results on membrane fusion and influenza
With Folding@home (FAH), we have the computer power to tackle challenging problems involved with protein folding. One of the interesting folding-related problems has to do with how proteins (and their…
Read moreUpdate on the v7 client
Here's an update on our v7 client efforts. The v7 client is a complete re-write in order to make the client more reliable, simple to maintain, and easier to include…
Read moreSMP server down, leads to SMP WU shortage
One key SMP server is down (vspg9), which brings down all of its associated interfaces (vspg9a, vspg9b). This is making us very short on SMP WUs. We are actively working…
Read moreGPU3 (NVIDIA) open beta test update
The GPU3 open beta test for NVIDIA GPUs is going well. There have been a few issues uncovered and our team is working on it. However, there haven't been any…
Read moreOpen beta release of the GPU3 client/core
We have a new GPU core (core 15) going into an open beta test for NVIDIA clients. This core requires a new client (see below) as well as the latest…
Read moreUpdate on WU shortage
We've been working on the WU shortage issue and have some positive items to report. First, we have greatly improved the AS logic so it uses more information about the…
Read morelow on jobs for Pentium 2/Pentium 3 CPUs — and a discussion for why that happens and how you can help
We're low on jobs for machines w/o SSE capabilities. We are working to fix this. By the way, I often get asked "how come FAH can get low on jobs?"…
Read moreVSP08 (and related interfaces) are down — we are on it
One machine (vsp08) and its interfaces (vsp08a, vsp08b, vsp08c) is down. Our sysadmins have been notified. Their response is slower on the weekends, so this may have to wait until…
Read moreOne physical server (and several virtual interfaces) down for maintenance
We needed to take one physical server down, but that takes down several interfaces, including vsp07, vsp07v, vsp07b, vsp17, vsp17v, vsp22, vsp22v The machine is fscking now, so it may take a few hours for it…
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