7th of November

Marks Rpi Cluster continues running 24/7. Although there isn't much to report they are still processing work as best they can.

The Pi3's run Einstein@home on 3 out of 4 cores. They don't have enough memory to run 4 at a time using the optimized app.

The Pi4's run Einstein@home and Rosetta@home on all 4 cores in a 50/50 split between the two BOINC projects.


Rpi Foundation news
There is still no news from the Raspberry Pi foundation around transitioning to Debian bullseye. They are still on the prior version of Debian. There has been some recent updates to the kernel which might be them preparing to update.

The Raspberry Pi foundation have resumed making the 1GB version of the Pi4 due to chip shortages. The 1GB version was discontinued when they introduced the 2GB model. 1GB isn't enough memory for number crunching and if running Rosetta@home its best to have 8GB.

The foundation also announced the Pi Zero 2 W. Its an updated version of the Pi Zero W but now has a quad-core ARM Cortex A53 CPU (like the Pi3). The older version had a single core ARM v6 CPU. This also means it can run a 64 bit operating system.


Transitioning out of lock-down
As we come out of the 2nd COVID-19 lock-down I may be able to sort out the 3D printed Pi cases and I need enclosures for the power supplies so I can stop using so many power adapters and power strips.