I found a few
this looks like one of the most recent
[url]http://www.mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=154849&postcount=21[/url]

also some notes in the news thread around september

[quote=AMDave;161808]I found a few
this looks like one of the most recent
[URL]http://www.mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=154849&postcount=21[/URL]

also some notes in the news thread around september[/quote]
thanks
i have found the one i was looking for
it starts [url]http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?p=154533#post154533[/url]

[quote=AMDave;161808]I found a few
this looks like one of the most recent
[URL]http://www.mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=154849&postcount=21[/URL]

also some notes in the news thread around september[/quote]
Hmm...interesting! According to that post, a suggested goal for k=1005-2000 was to have everything done up to n=450K by the end of 2009. We're almost to 450K already! :grin:

Of course, there's still a lot of work in the n=200K-350K range to be completed, but it sure won't take all year to complete. :wink:

If we combine the goals shown in the "Come join us!" thread, with the suggested ones in the above post, we get the following:

[LIST][*]Have the same k-values tested up to n=1M by 12/31/2011.[*]Have all k-values double-checked to n=260K by 12/31/2009.[*]Become the top prime search project on the web by number of top-5000 primes by 9/30/2009![*]Have all k<300 tested up to n=850K by 12/31/20009.[*]Have all k=300-1001 tested up to n=800K by 12/31/2009.[*]Have all k=1005-2000 tested up to n=450K by 12/31/2009.[/LIST]The last two could probably use some revision. The former of the two (k=300-1001 up to 800K) is quite reachable, though we might be able to get that to 850K if we hammer that range hard with a few good-sized rallies. And as for k=1005-2000, we'll be long past 450K by the end of the year; maybe we could tighten that goal to 450K (including all 200K-350K work) by the end of April? That would be a slight bit more of a stretch--and as we learned from the 1st Drive, there's nothing like a little pressure to get everyone motivated. :wink:

Max :smile:

[quote=mdettweiler;161857]Hmm...interesting! According to that post, a suggested goal for k=1005-2000 was to have everything done up to n=450K by the end of 2009. We're almost to 450K already! :grin:

Of course, there's still a lot of work in the n=200K-350K range to be completed, but it sure won't take all year to complete. :wink:

If we combine the goals shown in the "Come join us!" thread, with the suggested ones in the above post, we get the following:

[LIST][*]Have the same k-values tested up to n=1M by 12/31/2011.[*]Have all k-values double-checked to n=260K by 12/31/2009.[*]Become the top prime search project on the web by number of top-5000 primes by 9/30/2009![*]Have all k<300 tested up to n=850K by 12/31/20009.[*]Have all k=300-1001 tested up to n=800K by 12/31/2009.[*]Have all k=1005-2000 tested up to n=450K by 12/31/2009.[/LIST]The last two could probably use some revision. The former of the two (k=300-1001 up to 800K) is quite reachable, though we might be able to get that to 850K if we hammer that range hard with a few good-sized rallies. And as for k=1005-2000, we'll be long past 450K by the end of the year; maybe we could tighten that goal to 450K (including all 200K-350K work) by the end of April? That would be a slight bit more of a stretch--and as we learned from the 1st Drive, there's nothing like a little pressure to get everyone motivated. :wink:

Max :smile:[/quote]



A slight modification I think: n=800K for 5th-6th-7th drive, n=500K for the 8th drive, and completion of the n=200K-350K portion of the 9th drive by year-end. n=850K on all of the 5th-6th-7th drives would be difficult with all of the work yet to do on the 8th/9th/double-check/individual-k drives. It'd be preferrable to push some unreserved individual k's 300-400 above n=600K before continuing to push all k=400-1001 much above n=700K. In other words, spread it out a little more so that we keep things moving up at all k-ranges without leaving holes.

That reminds me: We're going to plan another rally for 2 weekends from now. We'd like to do it just on our 5th drive for k=400-600 for n=600K-1M since we'll run out of sieve file on the 8th drive by n=500K. In the next few days, I'll be pulling all but one quad off of the 8th drive in favor of the 5th/6th drives.

Opinions? Too close to last one? Not often enough? A different drive instead? We're trying to find a happy medium that makes them somewhat "special" so that we have lots of fun, i.e. not more than once a month, but also often enough to keep things cooking along.

On another note, we'll open up the 6 heavy-weight k drive on the k=300-400 for n=600K-1M range here in the next few days. We'll run it on my port 8000.

On a final note: I'm currently sieving k=1003-2000 for n=500K-1M right now on one quad; increasing to 3 quads within a week. At that rate, it will still be several months before it is ready without a large team effort. I'll hit P=1T on Feb. 11th. At that point, if anyone has a spare core (or quad) or two to assist, I'd be grateful. With all the work that we have, I don't want to put a high-priority on it because smaller k's LLR faster so would like to push k=300-1001 higher before putting a big priority on going higher with k=1003-2000. The main objective of k=1003-2000 was to fill in the messy holes left behind in the k-range. At n=500K, that will have been mostly accomplished. Of course, we also would like to test ranges that have been little searched and n>500K would fill the bill so we definitely don't want to wait too long with it.


Gary

2 weeks time is great.

[QUOTE]Opinions? Too close to last one? Not often enough? A different drive instead? We're trying to find a happy medium that makes them somewhat "special" so that we have lots of fun, i.e. not more than once a month, but also often enough to keep things cooking along.[/QUOTE]

I'm going to take a pass on any rally. The last one was way too much work for me 'flipping' all my cores to something different. With all my CRUS work and independent searches, it was a gigantic mess restarting those after the rally. I'm still not sure I got it right. I'll just plod along with Drive #7 and a few ranges and individual k's[I].[/I] I'll still be doing the same goal, just not in the same area.

As far as sieving goes, I'll have a quad available in about 4 days. It can sieve for as long as you need it.

GB4000 seems to be down again, status page also

[quote=MyDogBuster;162031]GB4000 seems to be down again, status page also[/quote]
Hmm...works for me. :confused:

Tried GB8000. Couldn't connect.

So much for moving 2 cores from port IB4000 to G8000. Port G8000 isn't working.

Max, I tried the "./llrnet llrserver.lua" command to attempt to start it...no go. It gives a cryptic error message. Can you look into the problem?


Gary

This should help
[url]http://www.nulon.com.au/products.php?productName=Start_Ya_Bastard_Instant_Engine_Starter[/url]

(Yes - they are for real :devil: )