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Title: SSD - Downloading full blockchain on v0.7.1 Post by: Comodore on November 18, 2012, 03:53:29 PM 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? Title: Re: SSD - Downloading full blockchain on v0.7.1 Post by: drlatino999 on November 18, 2012, 04:00:42 PM 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.
Title: Re: SSD - Downloading full blockchain on v0.7.1 Post by: CIYAM on November 18, 2012, 04:02:44 PM 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. Title: Re: SSD - Downloading full blockchain on v0.7.1 Post by: Bitsky on November 18, 2012, 08:16:22 PM 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.
Title: Re: SSD - Downloading full blockchain on v0.7.1 Post by: Mike Hearn on November 19, 2012, 02:42:12 PM The current code in git (what will become 0.8) is a lot faster.
Title: Re: SSD - Downloading full blockchain on v0.7.1 Post by: P_Shep on November 19, 2012, 07:29:53 PM Took about a day to download on my SSD.
Thought it'd take much longer. Title: Re: SSD - Downloading full blockchain on v0.7.1 Post by: goldlyre on November 20, 2012, 03:14:16 AM Everytime it took me 40 hours to download the entire blockchain to my destop pc. It's very boring.
Title: Re: SSD - Downloading full blockchain on v0.7.1 Post by: pekv2 on November 20, 2012, 03:31:53 AM 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 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117982.0) Title: Re: SSD - Downloading full blockchain on v0.7.1 Post by: jgarzik on November 20, 2012, 03:32:50 AM Until version 0.8 arrives (very fast!), you may use the Bitcoin blockchain torrent (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117982.0) to speed the big first part of your download.
Edit: heh, pekv2 and I posted at the same time, it seems. Title: Re: SSD - Downloading full blockchain on v0.7.1 Post by: pekv2 on November 20, 2012, 03:42:23 AM Until version 0.8 arrives (very fast!), you may use the Bitcoin blockchain torrent (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117982.0) 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 . |