VRWCAgent wrote:Johann_p, have you run into any issues with your CPUs being maxed for months?
What kind of problems should that make? Most desktop computers consume practically the same power no matter if the CPU is idling or not. I have one of my computers running without interruption or reboot for over a year now, several month of which with the folding process and without any problem whatsoever.
VRWCAgent wrote:Btw, my first work unit has processed enough to give an estimate of when it will be completed. These buggers take a LONG time! And to think, all the stuff below assumes I'll not power off my system at all. I'm disappointed actually, but then again I have no idea what the norm is. Is this okay for an Athlon 1800XP (1.57GHz) and 512MB RAM?
Working on: p295_GROMACS core
Frames completed: 25/2500 2m:24s/frame
Next frame end: 11:57 Sun 3 Oct 04 (oops, just ended that frame!)
Work Unit End: 15:14 Thr 7 Oct 04 04d:03h:16m:48s
Well, you are folding proteins, that is a nontrivial and complex thing to do
However it also depends on which proteins, smaller and less complex ones are folded faster.
Anyways, you do not have to keep your PC running - the program calculates small junks (the frames) and store them ... and if you power down your PC the program will just resume with the latest frame the next time. Only if you use your PC very rarely this will not work as expected as each work package also has a deadline - if you do not finish it until then, it will be given to another user.
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