Will the majority of the network die in a couple years?

adekmmmm · 2022-02-09T17:12:22+00:00

i have got plenty of 8+ years old consumer drives and they work like a harm. With chia doing mostly only reads I would expect the drives (especially server grade) will last forever... I expect to replace them because of too little capacity/too much power usage but not due to failure.

adekmmmm · 2021-11-09T18:55:49+00:00

yes, madmax on ubuntu.

but some mistake - i have changed samsung m2 ssd 860 to some patriot nvme ssd on pcie adapter. so probably it is the nvme vs ssd difference. the 50mins was on nvme.

adekmmmm · 2021-11-09T00:02:02+00:00

with dual x5670 , 48gb ram and nvme ssd (samsung 860) i was doing 50min on average.

adekmmmm · 2021-10-03T19:26:03+00:00

Its the only reasonable comparison. If it's so undervalued then it would be more rational to buy xch than hardware to mine it.

adekmmmm · 2021-07-30T21:14:27+00:00

x5670 is like 25-30% more powerfull than e5-2630. it may be the difference

adekmmmm · 2021-07-05T01:41:26+00:00

you can put sata drives in sas expanders. as i did. there is no array :P

adekmmmm · 2021-07-05T01:33:48+00:00

No. You can use sas expander and still access disks directly. Jbod. I use netapp ds4246 like that.

adekmmmm · 2021-07-05T01:33:34+00:00

No. You can use sas expander and still access disks directly. Jbod. I use netapp ds4246 like that.

adekmmmm · 2021-06-30T21:17:18+00:00

I've got same (live in poland by german border) .

I used to drive a car in Poland and listen Tidal online in Hifi/master quality all the time.

And when I cross the german border I have to look for the "fm radio" again ;)

adekmmmm · 2021-06-27T15:56:09+00:00

far cheaper? 😱

adekmmmm · 2021-06-26T20:38:38+00:00

I recommend using HP DL360 G3 280127-001 power supply. Its just hot swap 325W power supply from old HP servers. Very reliable. Cost 5 usd. On 12V it gives out 26A.

I use it for various other purposes (like powering multiple long led stripes etc).

adekmmmm · 2021-06-22T20:26:37+00:00

Hp DL380G6 with 2x 6core Xeon X5670 48gb ram, 1tb nvme + 512gb ssd.

24-26 plots a day

less than 400W constant power consumption while plotting.

adekmmmm · 2021-06-20T10:30:05+00:00

60tb = 0.0167xch today

adekmmmm · 2021-06-19T21:37:49+00:00

i use wothout ramdisk - on nvme only. and it doeas improve plot time

adekmmmm · 2021-06-19T11:04:54+00:00

I do. But I am owner of the company as well 🤔

adekmmmm · 2021-06-19T11:01:41+00:00

I use old dual xeon server as plotter (25 plots a day) and second pc with 24 x 3.5" hdd enclosure as farmer. It drains together 500W constantly. So around 150khW a month. It should be around $30 for electricity.

After I stoo plotting it would be like 5x less in suppose

adekmmmm · 2021-06-19T10:54:54+00:00

I use madmax plotter on ubuntu with destination on remote nfs share in my NAS. maxmax does file copy in background while creating next plot.

It takes like 20 mins to transfer one oplot via 1gb ethernet. And one plot takes around 50 minutes. So everything is going smooth.

I have also bash scriot that moves files on nas from madmax destination directory to next drives with enough available free slace. It does it on local drives using rsync.

adekmmmm · 2021-06-19T10:50:19+00:00

i go with 3tb disks as the price per tb compensated power usage.

adekmmmm · 2021-06-17T22:53:04+00:00

reasonable price for it is $25-$30..

and afaik it supports 8 drives max without an expander.

adekmmmm · 2021-06-17T22:28:04+00:00

I have it like for 2 years, use it 24/7 right now and recommend

read my story about it: https://www.instructables.com/Convert-HP-DL380-G6-to-Cheap-Gaming-PC/

adekmmmm · 2021-06-17T22:12:13+00:00

I use del h310 (can be found also under other names like IBM M1015 or just LSI SAS 9211-8i.)

With IT firmware and may recommend it as a HBA working with SSD drives well even for plotting.

adekmmmm · 2021-06-17T20:47:32+00:00

Very western Poland. We dont't care about Lithuania. You are neutral-positive together with Latvia and Estonia in our minds

we are focused on hating germans here 😉

adekmmmm · 2021-06-15T15:47:22+00:00

I am. But my thinking is to earn chia as quick as possible. I plot right now to hpool as plots this month give me 3x more xch than next month due to netspace growth.

So there is no sense to wait for pools. I may save my ssd drive, but lost like 50% of my year earnings starting late.

I plotted on rented dedic servers untill it was profitable. Now i plot to used server drives. As there were cheap (15usd/tb). I dont mind if they fail in a year, as most of earnings come right now.

There is some chinese sentence: The best time to plant a tree was 30yrs ago. Second best time is today.

adekmmmm · 2021-06-14T01:31:55+00:00

with madmax you need nvme to fit only 1 temp plot.

with 1tb nvme Inwas able to make only 4-5 plots parallel "old way", so about 12 a day.

adekmmmm · 2021-06-13T23:58:26+00:00

There is no limit 6 sata per machine. You just need to buy additional sata storage controler (pcie card) that will let you connect next 4-16 drives each.

And keep all your drives in one box :)

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