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Other => CPU/GPU Bitcoin mining hardware => Topic started by: dogie on March 30, 2013, 03:12:45 AM



Title: Can anyone quanity network load?
Post by: dogie on March 30, 2013, 03:12:45 AM
Hello guys,

Just been wondering about the network load mining takes, especially when ASIC/high hash GPU rigs. Is anyone able to quantify the network load put on per GH/s etc?


Title: Re: Can anyone quanity network load?
Post by: dogie on March 30, 2013, 06:09:51 AM
Just in case this gets misinterpreted, I mean internet bandwidth type 'network' load.


Title: Re: Can anyone quanity network load?
Post by: Rarrikins on April 02, 2013, 06:12:20 PM
It can vary. Slush recently made some changes to his mining pool (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1976.msg1601092#msg1601092) that reduce the need for communication to much lower levels if you change your settings:
This feature is aimed to ASIC miners and big mining operations, because it drastically optimized communication overhead. You can have 1Thash/s miner connected to the pool and network communication will consume less than 10kB/minute...
Maybe other pools have this as well.


Title: Re: Can anyone quanity network load?
Post by: dogie on April 03, 2013, 01:21:19 PM
It can vary. Slush recently made some changes to his mining pool (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1976.msg1601092#msg1601092) that reduce the need for communication to much lower levels if you change your settings:
This feature is aimed to ASIC miners and big mining operations, because it drastically optimized communication overhead. You can have 1Thash/s miner connected to the pool and network communication will consume less than 10kB/minute...
Maybe other pools have this as well.

Thanks for this. Was interested why so many people are obsessed with setting up in server rooms if the bandwidth wasn't that high. All you need is cooling and power, which you can have in a shed :/