And also pretty awesome... 20.3 KH on Yescrypt from the Dell servers.
That is like $11 / Day right now on GlobalBoost coin... not bad at all.
This algo pumps it up to an 800-watt draw.
I used Cpuminer-Yescrypt & compiled on Ubuntu.
https://github.com/koto-dev/cpuminer-yescrypt
Also... 64 threads is the fastest. I tried a ton of different thread counts.
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I have one of the DELL Servers rolling... getting ~2100 H/S out of the box first try.
Using ~675 watts or so.
Where do you get the commercial shelves?
I get them from ULINE.com
Where do you get the commercial shelves?
Do you own or rent the warehouse space?
Edit - also, this has made me really interested in cpu mining with servers. What kind of returns would you expect from one of those servers doing 2,200 h/s? Also - how much power would one use, and how much is heat an issue, compared to, say, gpu rigs?
Edit - also, this has made me really interested in cpu mining with servers. What kind of returns would you expect from one of those servers doing 2,200 h/s? Also - how much power would one use, and how much is heat an issue, compared to, say, gpu rigs?
What's your opinion on the state of card prices at the moment? Just curious as to your outlook on them.
I've been doing a ton of electrical wiring myself. I had to pull 200a service 500' away to the container I'm retrofitting as a server farm. Fun stuff! :/ lol
I've been doing a ton of electrical wiring myself. I had to pull 200a service 500' away to the container I'm retrofitting as a server farm. Fun stuff! :/ lol
I quit buying cards because there are zero deals. I did back-order a bunch in December for my new racks and they are trickling in.
What's your opinion on the state of card prices at the moment? Just curious as to your outlook on them.
I've been doing a ton of electrical wiring myself. I had to pull 200a service 500' away to the container I'm retrofitting as a server farm. Fun stuff! :/ lol
I've been doing a ton of electrical wiring myself. I had to pull 200a service 500' away to the container I'm retrofitting as a server farm. Fun stuff! :/ lol
The journey continues -- seven more racks going in. I have electricians in right now adding the power I need... I have the equipment already to fill at least 5 of the new racks & start on the 6th rack.
Anybody have hash rates on E7-2850 Xeon?
hey all...
im fairly new at this, but I like it a lot..
I have a chance to pick up a couple of old servers for about 250$ total...
1. Dell Poweredge 2950 (2U Server)
Dual (2x4) Quad core Intel E5410 Xeon processors (8 cores total)
8GB DDR2 Ram (Max 64GB Ram)
Dual 150GB SATA hard drives (system supports SAS or SATA drives)
and
2. Dell Poweredge R610 (1U Server)
Dual (2x4) Quad core Intel E5504 Xeon processors (8 cores total)
8GB DDR3 Ram (Max 192GB)
Dual 160GB SAS hard drives (system supports 2.5" SAS and 2.5" SATA drives)
Dual Redundant Power supplies
my question, what kind of hash rate could I expect out of these two for say, monero or other cpu coin?
would it be worth it at the end of the day?
thanks
im fairly new at this, but I like it a lot..
I have a chance to pick up a couple of old servers for about 250$ total...
1. Dell Poweredge 2950 (2U Server)
Dual (2x4) Quad core Intel E5410 Xeon processors (8 cores total)
8GB DDR2 Ram (Max 64GB Ram)
Dual 150GB SATA hard drives (system supports SAS or SATA drives)
and
2. Dell Poweredge R610 (1U Server)
Dual (2x4) Quad core Intel E5504 Xeon processors (8 cores total)
8GB DDR3 Ram (Max 192GB)
Dual 160GB SAS hard drives (system supports 2.5" SAS and 2.5" SATA drives)
Dual Redundant Power supplies
my question, what kind of hash rate could I expect out of these two for say, monero or other cpu coin?
would it be worth it at the end of the day?
thanks
I prefer the Z400s myself (I only did two T5500s) -- as of now I have one Z400 running with six GPUs no problem. I verified what my friend did.
I hadn't posted that update yet -- but it's exciting. The Z400s are beasts. Rock solid stability... cheap RAM & CPUs, and run up to six GPUs.
Have you ever tried more than 6 GPU's?
No -- I have not.
I prefer the Z400s myself (I only did two T5500s) -- as of now I have one Z400 running with six GPUs no problem. I verified what my friend did.
I hadn't posted that update yet -- but it's exciting. The Z400s are beasts. Rock solid stability... cheap RAM & CPUs, and run up to six GPUs.
Have you ever tried more than 6 GPU's?
You mean each server does 2200 H/s right? Why did you buy these when a single radeon 7870 can do an easy 450 H/s on cryptonight and ROI in less than 2 months assuming you pay $75 (average price).
A few reasons... finding 170+ pcs of 7870s or any GPU right now isn't going to be easy or practical.
Also keep in mind each server is now a system I can *also* add GPUs into.
Sure, but at this point id heavily favor something with a 2 month ROI over a much longer term investment. Im also not sure what GPU's you can add but im sure there will be power and space restrictions.
But, more power to you. I hope it works out well for you.
It will be a bit interesting to add GPUs to it -- but I think it'll be fun.
It does have 6x PCI-E slots (no physical x16 slots) -- and no support for powering GPUs (just checked the manual on that) so I would need an external secondary PSU & risers. Seems to be do-able -- I'll be finding out.
As always -- I'll post up in here on how it goes =)
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That being said... my pallet(s) of servers should be here on 2/1/18 so I'll post up some more first hand info then.
where the hell are you getting $75 for a 7870???
the internet.
where the hell are you getting $75 for a 7870???
You mean each server does 2200 H/s right? Why did you buy these when a single radeon 7870 can do an easy 450 H/s on cryptonight and ROI in less than 2 months assuming you pay $75 (average price).
A few reasons... finding 170+ pcs of 7870s or any GPU right now isn't going to be easy or practical.
Also keep in mind each server is now a system I can *also* add GPUs into.
Sure, but at this point id heavily favor something with a 2 month ROI over a much longer term investment. Im also not sure what GPU's you can add but im sure there will be power and space restrictions.
But, more power to you. I hope it works out well for you.
You mean each server does 2200 H/s right? Why did you buy these when a single radeon 7870 can do an easy 450 H/s on cryptonight and ROI in less than 2 months assuming you pay $75 (average price).
A few reasons... finding 170+ pcs of 7870s or any GPU right now isn't going to be easy or practical.
Also keep in mind each server is now a system I can *also* add GPUs into.
Sundownz....
Can you please do me a massive favour and tell me if it boots without riser 1 in place???
Reason being I'm thinking of running 2 GPU's in each (Prob ITX sized)
Regards
CH
Can you please do me a massive favour and tell me if it boots without riser 1 in place???
Reason being I'm thinking of running 2 GPU's in each (Prob ITX sized)
Regards
CH
whoa what are you doing with these servers exactly? very curious!
I will be CPU mining ITNS on them at the moment.
Assuming ITNS has an even partial price recovery I estimate I can get them paid off in 4-6 months on CPUs only.
My fallback is Yescrypt mining which is also quite profitable on CPUs... but I am a big holder of ITNS & I've mined since August on a smaller scale. I believe the project has potential so I want to mine as many as I can.
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Also... I will be experimenting with adding GPUs to them as they do have robust PSUs and several PCI-E slots.
Interesting - how many CPUs can one of them use? Why did you choose servers specifically?
Thanks again for this thread, lots of interesting ideas!
These servers are loaded with 4x 12-Core AMD Opteron 6300 series CPUs each -- so they will kick butt at CPU mining. Each one should do ~2200 H/S on Cryptonite algos (nearly as much as four modern Ryzen 1700X CPUs at a much lower price). I'm going to test them on Yescrypt as well and share that data when I get some running.
Since I cannot get more AMD GPUs to to Cryptonite I was looking for the most cost effective way to add a ton of CPU power -- these servers fit the bill well with 48-cores per box.
I also have a single HP DL580 G7 server with 4x 10-Core Xeon chips (thanks to a suggestion made early on in this thread) but these Dell's are much more cost effective.
You mean each server does 2200 H/s right? Why did you buy these when a single radeon 7870 can do an easy 450 H/s on cryptonight and ROI in less than 2 months assuming you pay $75 (average price).
whoa what are you doing with these servers exactly? very curious!
I will be CPU mining ITNS on them at the moment.
Assuming ITNS has an even partial price recovery I estimate I can get them paid off in 4-6 months on CPUs only.
My fallback is Yescrypt mining which is also quite profitable on CPUs... but I am a big holder of ITNS & I've mined since August on a smaller scale. I believe the project has potential so I want to mine as many as I can.
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Also... I will be experimenting with adding GPUs to them as they do have robust PSUs and several PCI-E slots.
Interesting - how many CPUs can one of them use? Why did you choose servers specifically?
Thanks again for this thread, lots of interesting ideas!
These servers are loaded with 4x 12-Core AMD Opteron 6300 series CPUs each -- so they will kick butt at CPU mining. Each one should do ~2200 H/S on Cryptonite algos (nearly as much as four modern Ryzen 1700X CPUs at a much lower price). I'm going to test them on Yescrypt as well and share that data when I get some running.
Since I cannot get more AMD GPUs to to Cryptonite I was looking for the most cost effective way to add a ton of CPU power -- these servers fit the bill well with 48-cores per box.
I also have a single HP DL580 G7 server with 4x 10-Core Xeon chips (thanks to a suggestion made early on in this thread) but these Dell's are much more cost effective.
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