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Hello,

Apologies if this is in the wrong thread. I saw two similar threads from 2014 but no details in these threads with respect to the performance of mining on Softlayer.

I currently have free credit at $1000 dollars a month.

Having the most basic server + GPU config will put me out of pocket at 145.69 per month.

Ideally I'd look to mine Ethereum classic or Monero since I know Ethereum + Bitcoin hash difficulty is so high.

Does anyone have any experience with respect to performance?

The most basic GPU is the NVIDIA K2 (+$333.35 /mo.) - but it can be upgraded to the below options (assuming I want to pay more per month):

NVIDIA Tesla K80 Graphic Card [$565.00]

NVIDIA Tesla M60 GPU Accelerator - Software may be required (Product is subject to availability - Please contact Sales to order) [$847.50]



Below is the most basic server+GPU setup

$1,145.69 /mo.

+ $0.00 in one-time fees

 ADD TO ORDER
Configuration
Data Center
HKG02
Server
Dual Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 (12 Cores, 2.40 GHz)$345.00 /mo.
RAM
64 GB RAM$447.00 /mo.
Graphics Processing Unit
NVIDIA Grid K2 Graphic Card$333.35 /mo.
Operating System
CentOS 7.x (64 bit)$0.00 /mo.
Hard Drives
Hard Drives$20.34 /mo.
Public Bandwidth
500 GB Bandwidth$0.00 /mo.
Uplink Port Speeds
100 Mbps Public & Private Network Uplinks$0.00 /mo.
Monitoring
Host Ping$0.00 /mo.
Response
Automated Notification$0.00 /mo.
VPN Management - Private Network

Unlimited SSL VPN Users & 1 PPTP VPN User per account
Vulnerability Assessments & Management

Nessus Vulnerability Assessment & Reporting
Primary IP Addresses

1 IP Address


Any advice ?

Worth upgrading the GPU or scratch this idea altogether?


If I'm not paying electricity I imagine making the extra 145 USD per month is feasible to at least cut even?

Thanks

Any luck with your setup? I am very curious about your experience with IBM softlayer and would be grateful for any insight!