Topic: Azure Free Credits for Mining Monero or CN-Heavy:Super Easy and Super Profitable - page 6. (Read 24237 times)
November 12, 2018, 01:26:55 PM
Hashrate 1600 H/s according to whattomine.com calculator now gives 28 dollars a month without electricity during Monero mining. If a monthly subscription to the Azure service costs less, then this is a net benefit. I’ll probably try your way of mining.
November 12, 2018, 05:15:05 AM
is there any script for google cloud?
November 12, 2018, 03:14:39 AM
Your new script seem good but may be need some more tune to get better hash.
Can you try to add this to the script :
"sudo sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=128"
Can you try to add this to the script :
"sudo sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=128"
Yeah, i know about this issue. Actually, when i originally setup the script i did a lot of benchmarking to find out the optimal settings for the VMs in the azure-cloud. This hugepages-setting did not make any noticeable difference, so i did not bother including it in the script. I think this setting is mostly useful if you are mining on a real machine (maybe then you get that +20% hashrate that is mentioned on some mining-guides). Since with azure we are always inside a VM the effect is not there.
But you are right, the messages in the log from xmr-stak do not look good... since the setting also did not have a negative effect, i will include it in the script.
Thanks for your suggestion!
November 11, 2018, 09:17:09 PM
So there was a bug in my autotune-feature for the thread-configuration. Apparently somehow this didn't have a noticeable effect with the pre-fork-algo, but since the fork the resulting hashrate is much worse.
So after fixing the bug the hashrate for 10 instances of F2 is back to around 1.4kH-1.6kH, and it does not seem to be dependent on the region so much anymore.
In order to activate the fix for your miners you can either restart your pool (scale to 0, then scale back to e.g. 10 instances) or you just wait for ca. 3 days (after running for 3 days the miners will fetch the latest version of the script from github).
Your new script seem good but may be need some more tune to get better hash.
Can you try to add this to the script :
"sudo sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=128"
[2018-11-12 01:41:41] : Mining coin: monero
[2018-11-12 01:41:41] : Starting 2x thread, affinity: 0.
[2018-11-12 01:41:41] : hwloc: memory pinned
[2018-11-12 01:41:41] : Starting 2x thread, affinity: 1.
[2018-11-12 01:41:41] : MEMORY ALLOC FAILED: mmap failed, check attribute 'use_slow_memory' in 'config.txt'
[2018-11-12 01:41:41] : MEMORY ALLOC FAILED: mmap failed, check attribute 'use_slow_memory' in 'config.txt'
[2018-11-12 01:41:41] : hwloc: memory pinned
[2018-11-12 01:41:41] : MEMORY ALLOC FAILED: mmap failed, check attribute 'use_slow_memory' in 'config.txt'
[2018-11-12 01:41:41] : MEMORY ALLOC FAILED: mmap failed, check attribute 'use_slow_memory' in 'config.txt'
[2018-11-12 01:41:41] : Fast-connecting to pool.supportxmr.com:5555 pool ...
[2018-11-12 01:41:41] : Fast-connecting to pool-ca.supportxmr.com:5555 pool ...
November 11, 2018, 10:33:08 AM
Yes, I can confirm that some regions are bad now ie. West US 2
But hash also drop a lot for other regions. Seem not optimize good for CPU yet.
One tip for you, set huge-page enable to your script that also get more hash.
http://prntscr.com/lguowu
But hash also drop a lot for other regions. Seem not optimize good for CPU yet.
One tip for you, set huge-page enable to your script that also get more hash.
http://prntscr.com/lguowu
So there was a bug in my autotune-feature for the thread-configuration. Apparently somehow this didn't have a noticeable effect with the pre-fork-algo, but since the fork the resulting hashrate is much worse.
So after fixing the bug the hashrate for 10 instances of F2 is back to around 1.4kH-1.6kH, and it does not seem to be dependent on the region so much anymore.
In order to activate the fix for your miners you can either restart your pool (scale to 0, then scale back to e.g. 10 instances) or you just wait for ca. 3 days (after running for 3 days the miners will fetch the latest version of the script from github).
November 11, 2018, 03:46:34 AM
Literally starting fresh with mining today, and fancied. Basically I get like £120 per month free Azure credits through my company
mining monero btc faucet claim
https://love4youworld.blogspot.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaAv6fZkpJz2tvS0vtcaNoQ/videos
https://i.imgur.com/Z61V4Gh.png
mining monero btc faucet claim
https://love4youworld.blogspot.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaAv6fZkpJz2tvS0vtcaNoQ/videos
https://i.imgur.com/Z61V4Gh.png
November 10, 2018, 08:42:03 PM
Yes, I can confirm that some regions are bad now ie. West US 2
But hash also drop a lot for other regions. Seem not optimize good for CPU yet.
One tip for you, set huge-page enable to your script that also get more hash.
http://prntscr.com/lguowu
But hash also drop a lot for other regions. Seem not optimize good for CPU yet.
One tip for you, set huge-page enable to your script that also get more hash.
http://prntscr.com/lguowu
November 10, 2018, 04:43:45 PM
Yes, I've tried many location.
Max 1.3KH now but most of them is less than 800H.
Used to 1.8 - 2KH before fork.
http://prntscr.com/lgomsl
Max 1.3KH now but most of them is less than 800H.
Used to 1.8 - 2KH before fork.
http://prntscr.com/lgomsl
From what i have seen with my miners i suspect that this issue is region-specific, i.e. some regions just don't work so well anymore. Can you confirm this? (unfortunately the regions you are using are not visible from your screenshot)
November 10, 2018, 01:37:56 PM
very good.
November 10, 2018, 10:21:19 AM
Yes, I've tried many location.
Max 1.3KH now but most of them is less than 800H.
Used to 1.8 - 2KH before fork.
http://prntscr.com/lgomsl
Max 1.3KH now but most of them is less than 800H.
Used to 1.8 - 2KH before fork.
http://prntscr.com/lgomsl
November 10, 2018, 08:01:24 AM
It's only reach 600-700H/acc now.
Any one have same issue ? after XMR fork.
Any one have same issue ? after XMR fork.
Have you tried changing to a different region? I.E. if you are using East US, try East US2 instead. Also, make sure that you are really using the "F2"-Type instance (the similar-looking "F2s V2"-instances will give you a lower hashrate),
November 10, 2018, 04:28:55 AM
It's only reach 600-700H/acc now.
Any one have same issue ? after XMR fork.
Any one have same issue ? after XMR fork.
November 02, 2018, 05:12:09 PM
I have multiple hotmail accounts and office accounts?
Don't you have to enter a credit-card number at some point to upgrade to a paid-for-account? In my experience there's a high chance that your account will get banned if you are mining with a free account.
November 02, 2018, 03:45:08 PM
Would I be able to create another account once my free one expires? I used up my 30 day credit but would love to get it back running agaain
I'm sorry, but as far as i know the only sustainable way of doing this is if you have a legit MSDN-account with free credits. I have multiple hotmail accounts and office accounts?
November 01, 2018, 06:01:30 PM
Would I be able to create another account once my free one expires? I used up my 30 day credit but would love to get it back running agaain
I'm sorry, but as far as i know the only sustainable way of doing this is if you have a legit MSDN-account with free credits. November 01, 2018, 12:24:51 PM
Would I be able to create another account once my free one expires? I used up my 30 day credit but would love to get it back running agaain
November 01, 2018, 09:06:24 AM
Are you able to create an AWS script for this?
Have you tried the instructions from my earlier post?
Link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.46166083
November 01, 2018, 05:22:19 AM
Are you able to create an AWS script for this?
October 18, 2018, 04:47:35 PM
Hi everybody,
so looking at things post-fork i can say that everything went mostly well.
However, If you are using moneroOcean, your miners probably stopped working... as it turned out, in order to keep mining at MoneroOcean you have to use the setting "cryptonight_v8" -> just exchange the string "export currency=cryptonight_v7" with "export currency=cryptonight_v8" in your startup-script (currently you'll have to make the change manually... i will update the script-generator at the weekend). After restarting your pool (i.e. scale to 0 and then scale to the number of desired instances) it will work again.
Otherwise, is any of you having trouble after the fork? Please post here (or contact me via PM or email) and i'll help you.
so looking at things post-fork i can say that everything went mostly well.
However, If you are using moneroOcean, your miners probably stopped working... as it turned out, in order to keep mining at MoneroOcean you have to use the setting "cryptonight_v8" -> just exchange the string "export currency=cryptonight_v7" with "export currency=cryptonight_v8" in your startup-script (currently you'll have to make the change manually... i will update the script-generator at the weekend). After restarting your pool (i.e. scale to 0 and then scale to the number of desired instances) it will work again.
Otherwise, is any of you having trouble after the fork? Please post here (or contact me via PM or email) and i'll help you.
October 07, 2018, 02:00:03 PM
PSA: Monero will change its PoW on 18th of october (see https://np.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/9lcdme/preliminary_information_thread_regarding_the/)
The good news: for most configurations you don't have to do anything, i will update everything so things will just continue running.
However, if you are mining some coin other than Monero but you chose the setting "Monero (cryptonightv7)" instead of "generic cryptonight" when creating the script you should re-create the script with the option "generic cryptonight". This is because after the fork the setting "Monero" will actually mean "cryptonightv8, which will probably not work with you altcoin.
Also, if you are using MoneroOcean you will probably have to do something (as far as i know Monero is the only coin to change to cryptonightv8 so far - MoneroOcean's concept of coin-switching obviously only works if there are multiple coins with the same algo available).
(So far i have not yet updated the script because i am still waiting for the official release of the new version of xmr-stak.)
The good news: for most configurations you don't have to do anything, i will update everything so things will just continue running.
However, if you are mining some coin other than Monero but you chose the setting "Monero (cryptonightv7)" instead of "generic cryptonight" when creating the script you should re-create the script with the option "generic cryptonight". This is because after the fork the setting "Monero" will actually mean "cryptonightv8, which will probably not work with you altcoin.
Also, if you are using MoneroOcean you will probably have to do something (as far as i know Monero is the only coin to change to cryptonightv8 so far - MoneroOcean's concept of coin-switching obviously only works if there are multiple coins with the same algo available).
(So far i have not yet updated the script because i am still waiting for the official release of the new version of xmr-stak.)
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