Zetagrid GLUE-team --> We are in the TOP 2 (7 July 2003)

Tantive · Retired Dev Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 72

Hi!

I created a "Gentoo Linux Users Everywhere" team for zetagrid.

What is ZetaGrid?
ZetaGrid is an open source and platform independent grid system that uses idle CPU cycles from participating computers. It can be used for any CPU intensive application which can be split into many separate steps and which would run very long on a single computer. ZetaGrid can be run as a low-priority background process on various platforms like Windows, AIX, Linux for zSeries, Linux on Intel. On Windows systems it may also be run in screen saver mode.

The current project zetagrid is used for is this one:
The verification of Riemann's Hypothesis is considered to be one of modern mathematic's most important problems.
This implementation involves about 2500 workstations and has a peak performance rate of about 530 GFLOPS. About 2 billions of zeros for the zeta function are calculated every day.

Zetagrid can be found at www.zetagrid.net

It would be great i many of you would use it and join our team!
Installation is simple: Get the files from the homepage, unpack them, make sure you have java installed and edit the config file (zeta.config).
Include you name, your e-mail and set the team to "Gentoo Linux Users Everywhere". After the completion of your first work unit you'll receive a e-mail for confirmation of joining the team.

I forgot something very important: If Riemann's Hypothesis can be prooved by zetagrid, the top 100 users will be rewarded according on how many work units they completed!

Greetings
Tantive

n.b.: If you have a athlon cpu, please use the 20% memory option as it seems to be faster as the 40% one.

Lovechild · Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2003 8:21 pm Post subject:

Give me an ebuild and I'll give you cycles

Tantive · Retired Dev Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 72

I think there is no need for an ebuild, once installed zetagrid will keep itself up to date.
The only thing an ebuild could do is unpacking these two archives in a directory (e.g. /opt/zetagrid) as the zetagrid executable will check for updated versions and projects automatically (and install them):
http://www.zetagrid.net/zeta/zeta_base.zip
http://www.zetagrid.net/zeta/linux/zeta_linux_x86.zip

Here is a startup and a progress script for it:
http://www.zetagrid.net/zeta/linux/zeta.sh
http://www.zetagrid.net/zeta/linux/zeta_progress.sh

A very nice progress app can be found here:
http://www.zetagrid.net/zeta/add-ons/zeta_progress.zip
Start it with: java -cp zeta_progress.jar zeta.JShowProgress

Greets
Tantive

S_aIN_t · Guru Joined: 11 May 2002 Posts: 488 Location: Ottawa

sounds interesting.. i think i will give it a shot..

Tantive · Retired Dev Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 72

Just to clarify some things as some users are scared by the auto-update:

Technical details:
ZetaGrid provides a secure Java kernel, which does not allow access from outside, and secures its communications and activities by restricted layer access with digital signatures (ElGamal public-key encryption) and key establishment protocols (half-certified Diffie-Hellman and ElGamal key agreement). The keys have a length of 1024 Bit. The framework of ZetaGrid provides management capabilities and is easy to use. Furthermore, it supports different platforms and provides stability.

So i think it is much saver then other distributed computing projects.

TaT

Tantive · Retired Dev Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 72

It's there! :-)

We now offer a zetagrid ebuild to our community!
It's located in app-sci/zetagrid and is ~masked.

Have fun and enjoy gentoo!

TaT

hook · Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 11:48 am Post subject:

hmmm...this is the first project that uses my cpu cycles that i'm willing to take

...i'm not into "find the alien" stuff

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hook · Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 11:56 am Post subject:

hmmm....either i'm blind or there is no zetagrid in portage ...i just synced it ...but there is nothing

...even tried -s on zeta and grid

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Tantive · Retired Dev Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 72

As i checked the ebuild into portage 15 mins ago i think that not all rsync servers catched up with it.
Just give them a little bit time (up to 30 mins)...
...and remember that the ebuild is masked, to merge it chdir into /usr/portage/app-sci/zetagrid and do a "ebuild zetagrid-1.0.ebuild merge".

TaT

hook · Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 12:15 pm Post subject:

kewl

..thanx ...sorry that i didn't look at the post time

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Tantive · Retired Dev Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 72

Team stats can be found at:
http://www.zetagrid.net/servlet/service/teams and
http://www.zetagrid.net/servlet/service/teammembers?team=Gentoo+Linux+Users+Everywhere

TaT

plate · Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 6:57 pm Post subject:

It's crunching happily away now, but how do I join the team? Or let alone that, how do I even register as an individual? I've edited zeta.cfg like I'm supposed to, but that didn't make me appear on any lists at the website.

Tantive · Retired Dev Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 72

Edit zeta.cfg and complete your first workunit. You will be registered then and automatically join the team you enteredin zeta.cfg.

plate · Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 1:20 pm Post subject:

Yes, I realised that when I woke up this morning.

Just out of curiosity, do you think the Linux client would run on a Macintosh (w/ Gentoo, of course)? It is Java, after all, but you left it masked in ~PPC...

Carlos · Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 1:27 pm Post subject:

By the way, since the prizes are given to individuals, not teams, why don't we all participate as one individual and try to win $1,000,000 (or $1,000, as the case may be) for Gentoo? I'm running SETI@home right now, but the monetary incentive, as well as the possibility of getting the last word on the Riemann Hypothesis (which, while I don't understand, I've heard of enough times to know that it must be really, really important.)
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Tantive · Retired Dev Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 72

plate: I added ~alpha ~sparc ~ppc to the ebuild as i think it run's on theses archs, too.
Carlos: This may be a good idea! I'd ask drobbins about it :-)

TaT

Lovechild · Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 8:04 pm Post subject:

Just a note, the zeta.sh script has some setting you need to set if you intend to connect through a proxy server (I have to, and I was wondering why nothing happened).

plate · Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 1:21 am Post subject:

Tantive · Retired Dev Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 72

Ok, I removed ~ppc, ~sparc and ~alpha as zetagrid is written in java, but uses binaries for the calculations.
Removed ~ on x86.

TaT

Tantive · Retired Dev Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 72

Ok, here's an little update:
We are currently listed on place 14 on the top team page!
Great work so far, but we'd need some more volunteers, so please join!

hook · Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 4:37 pm Post subject:

i'm rather a newbie in seti-like projects ...so: i emerged, i configured, i ran zeta.sh ...is that it?!?
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Tantive · Retired Dev Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 72

Have a look into nohup.out
You should see the client working.
Or just exec zeta_progress.sh --> you should see your progress.

After the completion of your first work unit you should show up in the stats in www.zetagrid.net (and receive a mail with the activation link for your membership in our team),

TaT

hook · Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 4:48 pm Post subject:

i get

Tantive · Retired Dev Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 72

You have to be in /opt/zetagrid when executing that command.

TaT

Tantive · Retired Dev Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 72

I created a FAQ at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~tantive
Please change your settings to

name=Michael Imhof
eMail=tantive@gentoo.org
team=Gentoo Linux Users Everywhere

as we are trying to win some money as single user!
All won money will be used for gentoo only!

TaT