Boinc

If you have a classic Seti@home account, activate it*, otherwise create a new account.

Download Boinc

 * http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php

Join our team

 * and [join] our [team ²³].

Getting Started

 * Getting Started http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah/sah_participate.php


 * About S@h on Boinc: http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_about.php

News from Berkeley
June 16, 2005 Outage Notice. We will be having an outage tomorrow in order to add an index to the result table in the seti/boinc database. This index will be used to better track client errors. The outage will begin at 17:30 UTC and may last up to 2 hours.

Old Seti Account to New Boinc Account
You must now activate the account."
 * "If you had an account in the original 'SETI@home Classic' project as of 14 May 2004: We've transferred your account, including profile and team information.


 * Activate Account http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah/sah_email_form.php

About BOINC
Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing

A software platform for distributed computing using volunteered computer resources


 * http://boinc.berkeley.edu/

Boinc Beta Test: (outdated)
http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/ap/

Deutsche Boinc Informationen

 * http://www.boinc.de

History / Old News (german)
18.11.2003 - Das Entwicklerteam in Berkeley hat heute die BOINC Version 2.10 und Astropulse 2.11 für den Betatest freigegeben. In diesem Zusammenhang haben sie unter anderem einen Link zum SETI@home/BOINC Sourcecode auf der Downloadseite eingefügt. Die Ver÷ffentlichung erfolgt unter GNU General Public License und ist ein Meilenstein in der Geschichte von SETI@home, das damit zu Open Source Software wird.

19.11.2003 - Zwar hat gestern der öffentliche Betatest begonnen, doch schon noch kurzer Zeit musste der Anmeldeserver die weiße Fahne aufziehen. Zunächst wurde die Anmeldung wieder gesperrt. Heute am Abend wird es voraussichtlich einen neuen Anlauf mit geänderten Datenbankeinstellungen geben.

Source Code
Berkeley has released seti_boinc source code under the GNU/GPL today! SETI becomes open source.

The seti_boinc source code is being released under the GNU General Public License.

In order to compile and link seti_boinc you will need to download and compile boinc first.

Untar/unzip both boinc and seti_boinc in the same directory on your system. Configure and make boinc, then configure and make seti_boinc.

If everything compiles OK you will find the application in the seti_boinc/client directory. You can test the application with the included workunit. In some directory, copy in both the application and seti_boinc/client/test_workunits/reference_work_unit.sah. Rename reference_work_unit.sah to work_unit.sah. Run the application in standalone mode. For example:

setiathome-2.06.sparc-sun-solaris2.7 -standalone


 * http://boinc.berkeley.edu/source/


 * http://boinc.berkeley.edu/seti_source/

Current Boinc projects
Climateprediction.net: study climate change Project URL: http://climateprediction.net/

Einstein@home: search for gravitational signals coming from pulsars Project URL: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/

LHC@home: improve the design of the CERN LHC particle accelerator Project URL: http://lhcathome.cern.ch/

Predictor@home: investigate protein-related diseases Project URL: http://predictor.scripps.edu/

SETI@home: Look for radio evidence of extraterrestrial life Project URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/

Cell Computing (Japanese; requires nonstandard client software) Project URL: http://www.cellcomputing.net

(please verify project URLs)

Allowing remote access
If you want to run multiple command-line clients on your LAN and check their status from ONE host with a single gui, Boinc lets you allow remote access. In the BOINC directory of the client to be controlled, create a file "remote_hosts.cfg" with the IP of the computer that should be allowed to connect. In the GUI Boinc Manager you can then "Select Computer" and connect to it.

Boinc Manual File Menu

Unofficial Boinc Wiki

 * http://boinc-doc.net/boinc-wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Boinc Statistics

 * boincsynergy - Boinc Statistics for the world
 * boincstats.com
 * boinc.dk

Unofficial clients (Solarisx86/Sparc,HP UX,AIX,Mac OS X)
http://www.lb.shuttle.de/apastron/boincDown.shtml#down