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OCAU FOLDING<br>
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* Active 468 Down 22
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* Avg User PPD 3,247.3 Up 357.4
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PPD Avg / Users / Total<br>
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* 6k+ / 46 / Down 1 / 1,150,841
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* 3k+ / 42 / Up 7 / 168,305
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* 1.5k+ / 35 / Down 9 / 72,678
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* 800+ / 54 / Down 4 / 57,114
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* 400+ / 60 / Up 2 / 34,516
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* 200+ / 78 / Up 11 / 21,981
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* 100+ / 64 / Down 5 / 8,829
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* 1+ / 89 / Down 23 / 4,900
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Total PPD Team Avg 1,519,734 Up 103,680
  
 
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Revision as of 15:37, 28 February 2010

Contents

Folding@Home (also known as F@H or FAH) is a distributed computing project run by Stanford University which studies protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, and related diseases. Instead of using a single computer, it distributes the workload over thousands of computers around the world, to simulate timescales thousands to millions of times longer than previously achieved.

OCAU is currently the second-highest fifth ranked Folding@Home team in the world, not considering the standard Anonymous and Google based teams. The rankings in the Folding@Home statistics are of much pride, and are battled out between teams from everywhere united under almost any banner. OCAU was in stiff competition with the chief American team HardOCP, with the number 1 ranking changing hands often during the history of folding.

You can help Stanford University with the science by downloading and running the Standard Folding@Home Client or High Performance Client and entering your team number as 24 to join OCAU.

More information about OCAU's Folding@Home team can be found on the official Distributed Folding forum

Setup Guides

Buyers Guide

You can Fold on pretty much any PC and every bit helps however for those who wish to enhance their Folding performance or build dedicated Folding machines we have a guide with a example machine and stats on most CPU and GPU performance.

Folding PC System Recommendations and Stats

Installation Guide

Setting up a folding program is not hard at all, most of the time the hardest bit is waiting for the file to download. It is reccomended that you use the command line client for maximum points and minimum interuptions. Below is a step by step guide on installing the command line client.

  1. Create a folder on your computer to house the client eg. C:\FAH
  2. Download the latest F@H client to the folder you just created:
  3. Run the program in the folder by double clicking on it. A command prompt style window should pop up and ask you a few questions. Also you will realise that the executable has created some additional files in the folder you created.
  4. Username: Select a username that is not currently being used by anyone or if you have used F@H before, enter in your old username. If you have never used F@H before, make sure you search for a name that is not being used. You can do this Here.
  5. Team Number: OCAU is team 24
  6. Launch Automatically: This will set up F@H as a service, thus allowing it to start when your computer boots up. Its reccomended you select YES for this option for the most hassle free operation.
  7. Ask Before Sending: Select NO
  8. Use Internet Explorer Settings: Usually selecting NO is fine.
  9. Use A Proxy: If you use a proxy server then select yes, otherwise enter NO
  10. Greater Then 5mb Packets: This greatly depends on your machine. If you have a fast computer select YES, otherwise if you have a clunky old TBird or P3 then select NO. You can read more about this setting below.
  11. Change Advanced Options: Select YES
  12. Core Priority: Select IDLE (Select "Low" if this is a dedicated Folding Machine. It forces the client to run all the time)
  13. CPU Usage: Select 100
  14. Disable Highly Optimised Assembly Code: If you have a fastish computer select NO, usually unless its an really old computer you shouldnt select yes. If you want to read more, look at the advmethods info below.
  15. Pause If On Battery Power: If using a laptop select YES otherwise NO
  16. Intervals For Checkpoints: How often the progress is saved, 15 Minutes is usually adequate.
  17. Request Work Without Deadlines: Select NO unless your computer is really really really old
  18. Ignore Deadline Information: Select NO
  19. Machine ID: Select 1. Read below on information on how to run multiple clients.

Once that is done, the command window will now proceed on and start telling you about how it is downloading information. Let it run, and check that it is working and no errors are appearing. If there is, come into the F@H OCAU Forum and make a post, otherwise that it, your done. When you reset your computer the process will start automaticly and you will never see from F@H again unless you install a monitor for it.

There are other client setups available for GPU and Linux based Folding, you can find guides in the forums here

Specific Items of Note

There are several arguments you can set to improve the clients performance on your computers. Users should be very aware that use of these arguments may cause instability (rare) and slow response times for users. If you're not sure if you need them, you probably don't.

  • bigpackets [yes/no]

This argument is set when you configure or reconfigure a client. It is not set at the commandline. By default, it is no, but if a user chooses yes, it allows reciept of WU's more than 5MB in size. These WU's have large points values assigned to them, often 600 points, so receiving them is appreciated if your system can process them in a timely fashion.

  • -advmethods [yes/no]

When used in conjunction with the bigpackets argument (decided when configuring the client), -advmethods will allow the reciept of experimental WU's, such as QMD's, that may adversly impact the performance of your computer/s. Experiences with this argument are varied, but the generally accepted solution is to only run one (1) client per machine which accepts these highly experimental WU's. Any additional clients on a given computer should run without the -advmethods argument. Currently, QMD WU's will only run on Intel CPU's due to a licensing issue with the compiler and the Intel math library.

  • Multiple Clients

Running multiple clients on a PC is unneccisary unless you have a P4 with Hyperthreading or a Dual Core System. If you do have one of these systems you can increase your point output by installing another copy of F@H on your system. The method is fairly simple, you must have a separate folder for each copy of F@H eg. C:\F@H\Process 1 + C:\F@H\Process 2. Also when you are installing the clients, you must give each one a different Machine ID (Step 19 Above). Also when running multiple clients it is a good idea to add the -local tag. Thats it, you can install up to 8 Clients on 1 system.

Further Help

If you need any more help with anything feel free to make a post in the F@H OCAU Forum.

3rd Party Monitoring Tools

Stats

OCAU Performance

28/Feb/2010

OCAU FOLDING

  • Active 468 Down 22
  • Avg User PPD 3,247.3 Up 357.4

PPD Avg / Users / Total

  • 6k+ / 46 / Down 1 / 1,150,841
  • 3k+ / 42 / Up 7 / 168,305
  • 1.5k+ / 35 / Down 9 / 72,678
  • 800+ / 54 / Down 4 / 57,114
  • 400+ / 60 / Up 2 / 34,516
  • 200+ / 78 / Up 11 / 21,981
  • 100+ / 64 / Down 5 / 8,829
  • 1+ / 89 / Down 23 / 4,900

Total PPD Team Avg 1,519,734 Up 103,680

28/Jan/2010

OCAU FOLDING

  • Active 490 Down 152
  • Avg User PPD 2,889.9 Down 356.1

Minor Update Production Totals

  • 6k+ / 47 / Down 18
  • 3k+ / 35 / Down 20
  • 1.5k+ / 44 / Down 7
  • 800+ / 58 / Down 23
  • 400+ / 58 / Down 36
  • 200+ / 67 / Down 32
  • 100+ / 69 / Down 25
  • 1+ / 112 / Up 9!!!

Total PPD Avg 1,416,054 Down 667,876

24/Oct/2009

OCAU FOLDING

  • Active 642
  • Avg User PPD 3,246.00

PPD Avg / Users / Total

  • 6k+ / 65 / 1,554,783
  • 3k+ / 55 / 233,682
  • 1.5k+ / 51 / 108,100
  • 800+ / 81 / 86,095
  • 400+ / 94 / 54,393
  • 200+ / 99 / 27,919
  • 100+ / 94 / 13,086
  • 1+ / 103 / 5,872

Total PPD Team Avg 2,083,930

External Links

The Battle rages

Over the history of the Project several teams have vied for the title of #1 contributor.

OCAU first took the No1 position on the 29-Oct-2001, 10 days after F@H2 started. oc.com and the Francophones also held the No1 spot in the first 10 days as well.

29/10/01 to 07/03/02: OCAU 129 days
07/03/02 to 11/03/02 [H] 4 days
11/03/02 to 12/03/02 OCAU 1 day
12/03/02 to 11/06/02 [H] 90 days
11/06/02 to 16/06/02 OCAU 5 days
16/06/02 to 17/06/02 [H] 1 day
17/06/02 to 20/06/02 OCAU 3 days
20/06/02 to 15/09/03 [H] 450 days
15/09/03 to 11/01/04 OCAU 118 days
11/01/04 to 23/06/04 [H] 162 days
23/06/04 to 21/04/05 OCAU 302 days
21/04/05 to 12/05/05 [H] 21 days
12/05/05 to 30/12/05 OCAU 231 days
31/12/05 to 21/09/06 [H] 264 days

So, as at 21-09-2006, sub-totals give OCAU as having 793 days in total as number #1 team, while [H] have had 993 days in the lead.

The Relic Trophy

Originally given to victims of The [H]orde as they overtook their hapless adversaries (tradition originally started by Kvizbar ([H]) against ARS Technica), The Duck was given new life by fxr91 (OCAU) when he Photoshopped/Gimped The Duck onto a stand and christened it. The Relic Trophy was born. Each time the trophy-holder is passed by the other team, the Relic Trophy is e-handed to the new #1, once it's positive the lead change isn't short-lived (usually a few weeks must pass before the handover))



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