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Topic: SSD - Downloading full blockchain on v0.7.1 (Read 1398 times)

hero member
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November 19, 2012, 10:42:23 PM
#10
Until version 0.8 arrives (very fast!), you may use the Bitcoin blockchain torrent to speed the big first part of your download.

Edit: heh, pekv2 and I posted at the same time, it seems.

Lulz, fast and furious :p .
legendary
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November 19, 2012, 10:32:50 PM
#9
Until version 0.8 arrives (very fast!), you may use the Bitcoin blockchain torrent to speed the big first part of your download.

Edit: heh, pekv2 and I posted at the same time, it seems.
hero member
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November 19, 2012, 10:31:53 PM
#8
To reduce the load on your SSD (or any mechanical drive) you could use a ramdisk for the initial download since there will be tons of I/O.

Yea, ramdisk with torrent = win for the initial.

[BETA] Bitcoin blockchain torrent
hero member
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November 19, 2012, 10:14:16 PM
#7
Everytime it took me 40 hours to download the entire blockchain to my destop pc. It's very boring.
legendary
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This is not OK.
November 19, 2012, 02:29:53 PM
#6
Took about a day to download on my SSD.
Thought it'd take much longer.
legendary
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November 19, 2012, 09:42:12 AM
#5
The current code in git (what will become 0.Cool is a lot faster.
hero member
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November 18, 2012, 03:16:22 PM
#4
To reduce the load on your SSD (or any mechanical drive) you could use a ramdisk for the initial download since there will be tons of I/O.
legendary
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Ian Knowles - CIYAM Lead Developer
November 18, 2012, 11:02:44 AM
#3
The main problem with downloading the blockchain is not so much just the speed of the disk but a combination of bandwidth, CPU and I/O (and using a slower CPU such as on a typical laptop it is this that is the bottleneck).

That being said of course an SSD should improve the I/O side significantly.
sr. member
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November 18, 2012, 11:00:42 AM
#2
Under Windows 7 on a Crucial M4 I think it was well under 10 hours from start to finish, as opposed to a 7200RPM Disc where it can stretch up to 36 in my experience.
full member
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November 18, 2012, 10:53:29 AM
#1
Hi guys.
I am reflecting interesting question. But I do not have informations and also SSD.

I wanna know how fast is it to download and verify full blockchain under our standard client.
I know that it takes time in days to do so with normal disc. But how good is SSD?

So, what is your experience?
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