List of projects by system requirements
From BOINC
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Projects may require additional system requirements due to form of processing and size of work units. The projects will not work if the minimal system requirements are not reached.
System requirements
Project | Minimal CPU | Recommended CPU | Minimal RAM consumption | Average RAM consumption | Disk space | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
climateprediction.net | 1.6 GHz | 2.4 GHz | 512 MB per core | 768MB per core | 1 GB | [1] |
Einstein@home | 350 MHz | 800 MHz | 70 MB | 256 MB | 100 MB | [2] |
Rosetta@home | 500 MHz | 500 MHz | 512 MB | 512 MB | 400 MB | [3] |
SETI@home | 233 MHz | 500 MHz | 64 MB | 256 MB | 20 MB | [4] |
World Community Grid | ? | ? | 128 MB | 512 MB | 1 GB | [5] |
Operating systems supported
Projects | Windows | Linux | Mac OS X | Solaris | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Windows Vista or later | x86 | x86-64 | PowerPC | x86 | SPARC | x86 | |
climateprediction.net | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Einstein@home | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Rosetta@home | Yes | Yes | Yes | limited | Yes | No | No |
SETI@home | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
World Community Grid | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |