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BOINC is an open-source
software platform for computing using volunteered resources. It lets
you donate your idle computer time to resource extensive scientific
projects like SETI@home, Climateprediction.net, Rosetta@home, World
Community Grid, and many others.
We are in the process of creating a Virtual Campus Supercomputing Center (VCSC) using BOINC platform at UH. A VCSC is a BOINC project whose applications are supplied by campus researchers. Our goal is to create a pool of computing power which is available at no cost to campus researchers. As an example, suppose that a VCSC recruits the participation of 10,000 PCs, running an average of 50% of the time. In terms of computing power, this is roughly equivalent to a 5,000-node cluster, for which the initial hardware cost is roughly $5 million, with ongoing yearly energy and maintenance costs of at least $1 million. The VCSC, in contrast, has an additional hardware costs of about $10K.
We have setup a BOINC server in Department of Computer Science, University of Houston. We are recruiting clients who are willing to contribute to our efforts. The computing power for these projects could be supplied by campus PCs - computing lab machines, desktop and laptops belonging to faculty, staff, and students, and home PCs belonging to alumni. These systems should have BOINC client software installed for contributing its resources to the project. BOINC uses CPU cycles when the user machine is free. So it has no impact on users normal functioning.
Are you a researcher who can benefit from UH BOINC community ? If you are please get in touch with us (vcsc@cs.uh.edu). We will help you in creating a BOINC project that can take advantage of our campus computing power.
Are you willing to volunteer your computer when it is not in use ? Just install the client software. Details for installing the software is presented here
We are in the process of creating a Virtual Campus Supercomputing Center (VCSC) using BOINC platform at UH. A VCSC is a BOINC project whose applications are supplied by campus researchers. Our goal is to create a pool of computing power which is available at no cost to campus researchers. As an example, suppose that a VCSC recruits the participation of 10,000 PCs, running an average of 50% of the time. In terms of computing power, this is roughly equivalent to a 5,000-node cluster, for which the initial hardware cost is roughly $5 million, with ongoing yearly energy and maintenance costs of at least $1 million. The VCSC, in contrast, has an additional hardware costs of about $10K.
We have setup a BOINC server in Department of Computer Science, University of Houston. We are recruiting clients who are willing to contribute to our efforts. The computing power for these projects could be supplied by campus PCs - computing lab machines, desktop and laptops belonging to faculty, staff, and students, and home PCs belonging to alumni. These systems should have BOINC client software installed for contributing its resources to the project. BOINC uses CPU cycles when the user machine is free. So it has no impact on users normal functioning.
Are you a researcher who can benefit from UH BOINC community ? If you are please get in touch with us (vcsc@cs.uh.edu). We will help you in creating a BOINC project that can take advantage of our campus computing power.
Are you willing to volunteer your computer when it is not in use ? Just install the client software. Details for installing the software is presented here