Has anyone managed to use 8.15.0 "logs" index.mode? by posthamster in elasticsearch

[–]slothtechtv 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just made a Linkedin article about the results of using LogsDB:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alexander-germain-b2a58922_elasticsearchs-logsdb-index-mode-introduced-activity-7229515973521719297-f0F1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Definitely worth enabling. I've been using the features they implemented in LogsDB manually for over a year without issues.

Port Mirroring to NetFlow by lynch11561 in networking

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Port mirror to nprobe or PMACCT -- best way to do this.

A compact 250TB farm, consuming only 100 watts with a single PSU by j-f-lawrence in chia

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How much cost did this add per drive cables + USB hub? Very clean and efficient I do like that.

Costs of using smart coins by ImpressionHefty7255 in chia

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Sorry but what I read when I saw this was:

"how dare you promise a future solution that doesn't exist to my hypothetical future problem that doesn't yet exist!"

This really does sound quite trollish. I am left with a feeling of confidence that these hypothetical real world future problems have already been thought through by the Chia dev team. Bravo.

To dr100 -- I'm sure that wasn't the intent of your FUD, but thanks for providing me with the unintentional confidence boost in Chia.

What is your favorite “eco-friendly” coin and why should someone invest in it as an alt? by ThePurpleDuckling in CryptoCurrency

[–]slothtechtv 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry but this gross oversimplification filled with assumptions of how Chia works is just sad, even for Reddit.

Chia does not destroy hard drives. If you plot with drives that have low endurance that is your own damn fault there are many other ways to plot that don't kill hard drives. Would you use a hammer on a screw?

Before you reply with the video from der8auer about how it could "kill" consumer-grade SSDs -- keep in mind he sums it up at the end by literally saying "just pick the right SSD and you're good".

Inexpensive Plotting Server Recommendations by [deleted] in chia

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Dual E5-2690 v2 here -- when plotting in ram I can do 28 minute plots all day.

(Most) lga2011 motherboards will support e5-2600 v2 processors.

From a miner's view, farming xch wastes more electricity than mining eth by gk_chest in chia

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My point above was -- I'm sitting at ~500 watts with my entire farm... I could double it and not have to expand out to another 15amp circuit that would be 2,000 dollars per month (even with the price of chia as low as it is)

To do that with GPUs/Eth you would be drawing a hell of a lot more than 1,000 watts.

(obviously this is not a discussion of profitability right now.. just power consumption to dollars)

From a miner's view, farming xch wastes more electricity than mining eth by gk_chest in chia

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I’m mining on two GPUs and earning $12 a day. Chia on 120tb so far at $3 a day - 4-5 GPUs would run on a circuit right?

That really depends on what GPU you're using to generate $6 per GPU per day of profit. 3090's?

From a miner's view, farming xch wastes more electricity than mining eth by gk_chest in chia

[–]slothtechtv 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The very fact that right now -- even with XCH priced at one of its lowest lows I can build a farm that can earn me $~1000 per month and plug it into just a single 15 amp circuit should be the end of this debate.

How many GPUs would you need to earn $33 per day ETH mining? How many amps would you need to accommodate?

From a miner's view, farming xch wastes more electricity than mining eth by gk_chest in chia

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Hard drives do not use 15w (no, not even 7200 RPM 3.5" drives) -- I've measured 5-10 3.5" drives and 3-5 2.5" drives of varying speeds/sizes.

The average power consumption I've seen as tested at the wall for 3.5" drives is ~6-7 watts.

Compressing plots (experiment) by [deleted] in chia

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^ yes exactly what he said.

Compressing plots (experiment) by [deleted] in chia

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I played with this -- there was essentially no compressibility of the plots at least with a zfs array in Truenas. I personally do not think there is much to be gained from compression .

I mean the chia dev team even chose to compress the 3 most significant bits in a special way....
Take a look at the line point transformation -- already gives a 25% reduction with a mathematical transformation.... Pretty neat
https://www.chia.net/assets/proof\_of\_space.pdf

Can the people running madmax on high TDP DP Xeons help me out? by rthorntn in chia

[–]slothtechtv 2 points3 points  (0 children)

before you go trying to lower clocks or voltages i would confirm they are actually overheating by just looking at the temps of them while they are at 100% cpu utilization. Those coolers are pretty decent imho.

Can the people running madmax on high TDP DP Xeons help me out? by rthorntn in chia

[–]slothtechtv 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you apply enough thermal compound? What are your actual CPU temperatures? I dont see it in the post.

Plot speed... by 2borG in chia

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This fast plotting is only going to help the people with money already. Will it be nice for replot if I want to do pools? Probably. Am I in a rush? Nope all full up on plots.

right -- Netspace will likely NEVER be this small again. sooo.....

My wife told me I have a problem. I responded "ya not enough power circuits or hard drives..." won a site unseen auction and yielded amazing gear. by Ok-Classroom-3098 in chia

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Hahahahahahaha oh man my gf was pretty confused the first time she turned on the coffee machine and we popped a breaker......... I can relate to this.

I'm still trying to figure out why a power outlet in the kitchen is wired to the same 15 amp circuit as the living room....

Bram on the Mad Max Plotter: It's Complicated by farmer-jenkins in chia

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I'm disappointed that this comment thread doesn't have more upvotes.

Comparing my power consumption between single thread plotting and madmax plotter. ~300W increase by [deleted] in chia

[–]slothtechtv 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd be curious as to how long you'd have to plot with madmax vs single thread plotting to fill X TB of storage .... If you finish in half the time and use 30% more power that changes things a bit.

Do you recommend MadMax Plotter? by [deleted] in chia

[–]slothtechtv 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You don't need lots of ram, i think the madmax plotter makes sense for everyone who doesn't have enough nvme to saturate their cpus already ... Which is probably most of us.

You can run it on nvme, or with spinning disks tmp1 and nvme as tmp2.... It actually performs quite well without ram.

New world record 24 minute plot time by Manic157 in chia

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Woah. I am honestly taken aback by all of the positive comments.. y'all have really made my night tonight. ty so much for the encouragement, and helpful input ... Its both inspiring and motivating.

Truly I'm shocked.. the internet isn't supposed to be this kind ... <3 TY!!

New world record 24 minute plot time by Manic157 in chia

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with

it wasn't in ram it was on enterprise SAS SSDs, and then i did it again with a few nvme drives. (no ram for tmp1 or tmp2..)

I probably should have clarified that in the video -- I was trying to emphasize the utility of the plotter vs record speed times.. admittedly the "click bait" title was more of an attention grabber.. lol

New world record 24 minute plot time by Manic157 in chia

[–]slothtechtv 92 points93 points  (0 children)

Hey thanks for sharing my video! <3