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<h2>Participant startup</h2>
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<p>
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The BOINC core client is run in a <b>BOINC home directory</b>.
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On hosts that share a network file system,
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each host must have its own BOINC home directory.
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<p>
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The use of "proxy" servers
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(such as SETI@home's SETIQueue) serves two purposes:
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<ul>
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<li> To buffer input and output data,
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allowing hosts to work for long periods without connecting to the Internet,
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or when the project's servers are down.
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<li> To support hosts that are not connected to the Internet.
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</ul>
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BOINC's high/low water mark scheme performs the first function.
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The second function would be hard to do;
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the proxy server would have to parse the XML descriptions
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of workunits and results, and would interact with data servers.
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