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1  Bitcoin / Mining software (miners) / Is firmware worth it for small timers? on: June 09, 2022, 01:11:52 AM
I see all these firmwares available but they all take a portion of hashrate, yes I get it, they need to get paid to operate but if I have less than 10 asics, is it worth paying the 2.8% for these benefits?

I've seen these:
Braiins OS
Pirate OS
Awesome Miner OS
HiveOS
NiceHash OS

Which one is best for ppl like me who have less than 10 asics?
What if I plan on growing to 50 or 100 asics?
What if I plan on adding GPUs?
Should I even bother or just use awesome miner for management?
2  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Canadians: Banking solutions for crypto businesses on: May 20, 2022, 10:16:48 PM
Hey everyone, im trying to start my own mining farm but I seem to be having trouble opening a business account with the Big5.

Does anyone have suggestions for Canadian banks who service crypto businesses?
3  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: What is your solution to measuring and reporting power usage? on: April 29, 2022, 04:23:32 AM
There are probably more IT people in the world arguing about which reporting software is better then there are people fighting over religion.
Since most GOOD PDUs will let you pull data with just about any SNMP software I like RRDTOOL [ https://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/ ] & Cacti [ https://www.cacti.net/ ]

There is an implementation of cacti called ez-cacti which I think is no longer supported but should still work but was a preconfigured setup so to make life easy.

No doubt others will chime in with their favorites.

-Dave
This software aggregates data from the PDUs?
Is there a term I'm looking for when I purchase PDUs (has SNMP?)
Is there a vendor that most people go with for PDUs?
Just googling it looks like raptor power is one of the only vendors that is crypto focused. Their PDU can handle a 20a load per plug but how do I remotely monitor the load on those plugs?
How do hosts monitor power draw to bill customers?

Why not use Awesomeminer to monitor the power consumption of each miner? Any PDUs should work you just need to use PDUs that support higher wattage.

And take note you dont need to use power surge protector you must plug your PDUs directly to the wall to get the best power.

This looks like good software, why would you suggest this over minerstat or hiveos?
Do miners report power usage? I don't see anything reporting power in my miners dashboard.
Would the miners reported power usage differ from actual usage from the wall?
4  Bitcoin / Hardware / What is your solution to measuring and reporting power usage? on: April 28, 2022, 06:19:26 AM
Hey everyone, I'm very new to this and trying to put together my first at home farm,

I'm curious about how everyone is measuring and recording their power usage? Metered/Switched PDUs seem to be the answer I find online, but I can't find a consensus on which PDUs are the best for this use case. Is there a solution that I can look at a history graph of usage per plug? and remotely reset individual plugs? Should I also be running a surge protector before the PDU?

I've got access to cheap power and looking to build a decent small farm
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