grid.org macht heute dicht /edit/ und kommt zurück??

[Uwe Sänger Herzke]

Im Forum bei grid.org erschien vorgestern folgende Meldung:

With seven years and five projects under its belt, Grid.org has successfully completed its mission: To evangelize the benefits (and demonstrate the viability and security) of large-scale Internet-based grid computing. Therefore, it is with great pride for all the accomplishments of this pioneering resource, and above all with the utmost gratitude to each of our members around the globe, that we announce Grid.org will be retiring on Friday, April 27, 2007.

We?ll be making a public announcement on the site later this week, but we felt it was important to give you, our loyal member base, an early heads-up out of respect for the years of support you?ve given to Grid.org. This way you?ll have time to gather final statistics, exchange contact info, and prepare for the official shutdown.

What exactly is happening:
At 12:00 noon Central Time on Friday, April 27, Grid.org will retire: Jobs will stop running, forums will be closed, and the website will be updated to reflect the retired status of this resource. We will leave the actual servers up for 1 week, so agent messages about this action can continue to be sent to members around the globe who might not check forums regularly. We will also leave the Stats up for one week so you have plenty of time to gather this data. After that, only the Home and Projects pages will remain, along with the instructions for uninstalling the agent ( http://www.grid.org/help/faq_uninstalling_agent.htm ).

Why?
Grid.org has completed its established mission to prove the benefits and viability of Internet-based grid computing. Grid.org was the largest and most ambitious public interest grid venture ever attempted when it was conceived ? and thanks to Grid.org (and more specifically to all of you), today such a grid is no longer a novelty. Many public grids are now available, sponsored by large organizations better positioned to provide support to millions of member volunteers and the scientists who leverage their processing power. So, with the underlying technologies now well established globally in both public and private research programs, Grid.org?s goal of establishing the underlying technology has been achieved.

But what about?
We realize that over the past few months, Grid.org has made several announcements about upgrades coming in anticipation of a couple of new projects that we were working on. While we were fairly optimistic about these projects being launched, they ultimately fell through for a number of reasons. We realize that many of you had looked forward to participating in a beta program ahead of launching these projects, and we?re sorry you won?t have that opportunity.

Moving on: Where to go from here?
It?s clear from your years of loyalty to Grid.org that Internet-based research projects of this kind are important to you? and so we?re sure many of you will take your valuable resources to other projects of this kind that are ready and willing to accept you as new members.

Below are just a few of the projects we encourage you to investigate:
> World Community Grid ( http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ ), operated by IBM
> Distributed.net ( http://www.distributed.net/ ), operated by distributed.net
> Compute Against Cancer ( http://www.computeagainstcancer.org/ ), operated by National Cancer Institute
> Folding@Home ( http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/ ), operated by Stanford University
> fightAIDS@Home ( http://fightaidsathome.scripps.edu/ ), operated by Olson Lab at Scripps Research Institute
> LHC@home ( http://athome.web.cern.ch/athome/ ), operated by CERN
> Distributed Folding ( http://www.distributedfolding.org/ ), operated by a group of partners including Hogue Bioinformatics Research Lab, Mount Sinai Hospital, and University of Toronto
> SETI@home ( http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ), operated by University of California at Berkeley

Also, here are a few great sites to visit to learn more about these and other projects:

> http://enterthegrid.com/
> http://gridcafe.web.cern.ch/gridcafe/gr ... /fora.html
> http://www.ogf.org/
> http://www.grid.org.il/

Uninstalling the agent
The agent will no longer be processing work after Friday at noon, so you will want to uninstall it from your home device. Here?s how: http://www.grid.org/help/faq_uninstalling_agent.htm . Some more explicit instructions, including Troubleshooting, will be posted online Friday when Grid.org actually retires.

Last but not least
As we?ve tried to emphasize not only in this announcement but throughout our years of operations, we are fully aware of the debt of gratitude we owe to all of you, our loyal members.

The excellent work Grid.org has done, both in contributing massive research power to critical health research and in establishing this kind of research as viable, would not have been possible without your faith, efforts, and donations of compute power and goodwill. There is no superlative high enough to describe the value we place on your ongoing support for Grid.org, and so we simply say Thank you, and we hope you feel as proud as we do of the work you?ve done.

Sincerely,
The Grid.org Team

[Dennis Kautz]

Wow, grid.org macht derzeit 210 CPU-Jahre pro Tag. Da werden wohl einige andere Projekte nen ganz schönen Schub bekommen, wenn die schließen...

[Uwe Sänger Herzke]

Ich hab's übrigens vergeblich im Wiki gesucht, und wollte nicht ohne Links nach intern was auf der "Aktuelle Ereignisse" Seite hinschreiben. Kann ja mal wer anders übernehmen, jemand der evtl. auch weiß wie grid.org überhaupt einzuordnen ist (Ich "kenn" nur BOINC).

[Dennis Kautz]

Ist mir auch grad aufgefallen... gibts doch nicht, dass das im Wiki nicht zu existieren scheint. Oder bin ich nur blind?

Ich hab keinen Zugriff auf die Mitgliederforen bei grid.org - gibts denn schon ne ersichtliche Tendenz, wohin die Rechenpower hauptsächlich wandern wird?

EDIT: Die Projekte von grid.org sind aber im Wiki. Die müssen dann wohl einzeln auf beendet gesetzt werden, soweit noch nicht geschehen. Ich verpfusch bei dem Versuch irgendwie jedes mal die Projekttabelle, könnte das wer übernehmen, der ein besseres Händchen dafür hat?

[vfrey]

cool von denen, im Jahr 2007 Distributed Folding zu empfehlen. Fast genau so gut ist zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt LHC. Da sieht man dass die Jungs neben der Verschwendung von unglaublichen CPU-Ressourcen auch noch keinerlei Blick über ihren Tellerrand hinaus haben.

[Dennis Kautz]

Ich nehm mal an, dass wir ein Team dort haben, oder? Dann sollte der Teamleader falls möglich noch ne Rundmail an die Mitglieder schicken, dass sie zu einem anderen Projekt wechseln sollten.

[Thommy3]

haben die was mit United Devices zu tun?

Wenn ich dier Projuekte von grid.org http://www.grid.org/projects/ und UD http://www.rechenkraft.net/wiki/index.php?title=UD vergleiche sehe ich ja kaum unterschiede.
weiß gar nicht, ob das dann zusammen gehört, oder einen eigenen artikel verdient. anlegen könnt ich ihn dann wohl.

[Velociraptor]

hm wie siehts eigentlihc mit den ergebnissen aus =? haben die berechnungen auch etwas genutzt ? oder war das nur um die energieindustrie zu erfreuen gedacht?

[Digger T. Rock]

Ich hab gern da mit gerechnet. Auch wenn die letzten Monate/Jahre Boinc vorrang hatte.
Aber wird mir fehlen, da es sich von mir mit um die ersten Versuche handelte ausserhalb von den DNet Projekten. Und ich durch Cancer Research und Co. überhaupt erst gefallen an DC gefunden habe.
Ich hoffe die errechneten Daten können/konnten helfen und das das Projekt nicht nur Stromverschwendung war!

:EDIT:
Wir sind auf Platz 75 gelandet! Noch unter dem alten Namen "Rechenkraft.de". Glückwunsch an alle die dabei waren!

[Uwe Sänger Herzke]

grid.org auferstanden aus Ruinen??

On Monday, November 12, 2007, Grid.org will unveil its new identity as an online community for open source grid and cluster computing!

Pre-register today and become a member of the Founders' Network

Grid.org will be a destination for:

* Cluster and grid users who:
o Want to learn more about open source grid and cluster technologies
o Want to connect with others who have similar interests
o Want to share their experiences and successes
o Want to benefit from the experience of others grid and cluster users
* Software developers who:
o Are interested in how their products might work in an open source grid or cluster environment
o Want to connect with developers who are working on similar projects
o Want to connect with users who have experience running similar applications
* People interested in open source in general and cluster/grid in particular

On Grid.org, you?ll be able to connect easily and productively with those who have similar interests and engage in a vibrant community of colleagues and experts.

[laguna]

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