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System Requirements


What are the recommended minimum system specifications?
In order to participate in World Community Grid, you will need to have at least the following:
  • The ability to display graphics (if you wish to see the graphics)
  • An Internet connection
In addition, each research project has its own requirement for memory and disk space. These are as follows:

Research Project Memory Available Disk Space Operating Systems
Computing for Sustainable Water 300 MB 50 MB Windows1,5, Mac2,5, Linux3,5
Say No to Schistosoma 100 MB 50 MB Windows1,5, Mac2, Linux3,5
GO Fight Against Malaria 250 MB 50 MB Windows1,5, Mac2,5, Linux3,5
Drug Search for Leishmaniasis 250 MB 50 MB Windows1,5, Mac2,5, Linux3,5
Computing for Clean Water 400 MB 100 MB Windows1,5, Mac5, Linux3,5
The Clean Energy Project - Phase 2 1,024 MB 2,048 MB Windows1, Mac2, Linux3,4
Discovering Dengue Drugs - Together - Phase 2 1,024 MB 250 MB Windows1, Mac, Linux3
Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy - Phase 2 64 MB 50 MB Windows1, Mac2, Linux3
Help Fight Childhood Cancer 250 MB 100 MB Windows1, Mac, Linux3
Help Conquer Cancer 250 MB 50 MB Windows1,6, Mac6, Linux3,5,6
Human Proteome Folding - Phase 2 250 MB 100 MB Windows1, Mac2, Linux3
FightAIDS@Home 250 MB 100 MB Windows1, Mac, Linux3

1. World Community Grid supports the following Windows platforms: Windows XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003, Server 2008
2. For these projects, only Mac computers using Intel processors are supported
3. Only Linux on x86 and x86-64 is supported
4. Users who choose to run this project are encouraged to set the 'Leave applications in memory while suspended' option in their device profile
5. 64 bit application available
6. GPU application available, OpenCL 1.1

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How much data will I download and upload while participating with World Community Grid?
The amount of data that you transfer depends upon how your processing preferences are set to run, how powerful your computer is and how often your computer is on. It also varies based upon which research projects you run on your computer. An average computer contributing to World Community Grid returns about 2 results per day.

Each of the research projects at World Community Grid uses a different application, input files and output files. As a result, the size used for each of these varies by project. This is outlined on the chart below. Please note that the data is compressed during transfer and is decompressed after it has been downloaded. As a result it will occupy more space on disk then the numbers shown below.

Research Project One-Time Download Per Workunit Download Per Workunit Upload
Computing for Sustainable Water 20 MB 0.2 MB 0.2 MB
Say No to Schistosoma 2 MB 0.2 MB 0.1 MB
GO Fight Against Malaria 2 MB 0.2 MB 0.1 MB
Drug Search for Leishmaniasis 2 MB 0.2 MB 0.1 MB
Computing for Clean Water 10 MB 0.001 MB 0.5 MB
The Clean Energy Project - Phase 2 200 MB 0.1 MB 20 - 80 MB
Discovering Dengue Drugs - Together - Phase 2 10 MB 1-20 MB 1 MB
Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy - Phase 2 0.7 MB 0.1 MB 0.2 MB
Help Fight Childhood Cancer 1.0 MB 0.1 MB 0.1 MB
Help Conquer Cancer 1.0 MB 0.1 MB 0.1 MB
Human Proteome Folding - Phase 2 12.0 MB 1.5 MB 0.1 MB
FightAIDS@Home 1.5 MB 0.1 MB 0.1 MB

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How do I know if my computer is running the 64-bit research application?
On a Windows machine, you can use the Windows task manager to view the process name. 64-bit research applications will end with "windows_intelx86_64", while 32-bit applications will end with "windows_intelx86"



On a Linux machine, you can find the PID of the research application (which will start with the name "wcg") and then execute the command "file -L /proc/PID/exe"


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