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Title: How much RAM do mining software need Post by: torusJKL on January 18, 2012, 06:29:46 PM Hi
I'm trying to set up a linux based mining rig based on FGPA. I'm interested in using a Beagleboard to control the FGPAs. The question is how much RAM do I need to run several instances of a mining software like diablo, phoenix, etc. Can somebody with a linux mining rig share some numbers? Thanks! Title: Re: How much RAM do mining software need Post by: kokjo on January 18, 2012, 06:31:13 PM 16GB/FPGA is standart.
Title: Re: How much RAM do mining software need Post by: rjk on January 18, 2012, 07:23:30 PM 16GB/FPGA is standart. watTitle: Re: How much RAM do mining software need Post by: kokjo on January 18, 2012, 07:34:45 PM did you not know that?
Is it needed to have at least 15.5 GB ram per FPGA. else it can not hold all the nonce from the blocks, while its working at the FPGA. This is essential. EDIT: you are not think about swapping it to disk, are you? you would have a performance loss of at least 60% Title: Re: How much RAM do mining software need Post by: rjk on January 18, 2012, 07:38:55 PM did you not know that? http://forgifs.com/gallery/d/33665-1/rofllmao.jpg?Is it needed to have at least 15.5 GB ram per FPGA. else it can not hold all the nonce from the blocks, while its working at the FPGA. This is essential. Title: Re: How much RAM do mining software need Post by: kokjo on January 18, 2012, 07:46:37 PM did you not know that? http://forgifs.com/gallery/d/33665-1/rofllmao.jpg?Is it needed to have at least 15.5 GB ram per FPGA. else it can not hold all the nonce from the blocks, while its working at the FPGA. This is essential. @OP: im kidding! you don't need much ram. the standard(128mb) of the beagleboard should be fine, to run many(25-50) instances of a miner. you should be more worried about the 600mhz cpu. Title: Re: How much RAM do mining software need Post by: ArtForz on January 18, 2012, 07:46:55 PM Hi X for the os + several MB per instance.I'm trying to set up a linux based mining rig based on FGPA. I'm interested in using a Beagleboard to control the FGPAs. The question is how much RAM do I need to run several instances of a mining software like diablo, phoenix, etc. Can somebody with a linux mining rig share some numbers? Thanks! So for several instances ... about X + several^2 - Y*several (where Y is shared libraries). Title: Re: How much RAM do mining software need Post by: torusJKL on January 18, 2012, 08:24:03 PM @OP: im kidding! you don't need much ram. the standard(128mb) of the beagleboard should be fine, to run many(25-50) instances of a miner. you should be more worried about the 600mhz cpu. Yeah, I thought so. :-)Asked about the boards in the Hardware forum: Use Beagleboard/Pandaboard to run FGPA mining rig (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=60257.0) |
