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August 27, 2013, 12:56:51 AM |
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August 27, 2013, 01:31:38 AM |
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Multiple c1.xlarge
How close does that come to paying for itself these days?
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August 27, 2013, 03:51:37 AM |
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Incidentally the cc2.8xlarge is not the most cost effective for xpm as the L1 cache appears to be a bottleneck. To prove it, try running just 16 threads instead of all 32 and you'll see little difference!! Or at least that was true for hp9. You can get more bang for buck with 8 cores.
I noticed this as well. Even though the cc2s put out amazing numbers the ROI just doesn't seem to be there (get 2-3x as many larges). Would be nice if there was something in between How close does that come to paying for itself these days?
In my experience they do not. Variance/luck killed it for me, some days a loss/some good, but overall the profit was getting too low for my tastes. That was with 50 instances which is a small number so YMMV, esp with the "luck" factor.
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August 27, 2013, 04:37:44 AM |
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Multiple c1.xlarge
How close does that come to paying for itself these days? That's mostly luck. You may get zero blocks, you may get several. Northern Virginia c1.xlarge is ~0.07 an hour. I have found about 4 blocks in 2 weeks (3 of them have been today though). Quick rough estimate, I earned 0.25 BTC and paid $23.52. Very slim margins, though still profitable, *IF* you're lucky. I'd advise trying it out and seeing, killing the instance when it gets to 10 Difficulty.
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August 27, 2013, 05:58:49 AM |
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Multiple c1.xlarge
How close does that come to paying for itself these days? That's mostly luck. You may get zero blocks, you may get several. Northern Virginia c1.xlarge is ~0.07 an hour. I have found about 4 blocks in 2 weeks (3 of them have been today though). Quick rough estimate, I earned 0.25 BTC and paid $23.52. Very slim margins, though still profitable, *IF* you're lucky. I'd advise trying it out and seeing, killing the instance when it gets to 10 Difficulty. I guess I dont have that luck ![Sad](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/sad.gif)
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August 27, 2013, 07:05:30 AM |
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... and get your account closed in 2 days. Win win.
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August 27, 2013, 01:27:02 PM |
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Cool, thanks for the clarification. Just FYI, I did a major test (500-1000 machines from 4 to 16 cores for several hours) of both HP9 and HP10 on mainnet and for the most part found that the default settings you had selected were the optimal. When I did the HP9 test it was just about profitable enough to run for a full day and cover costs (though I had my wallet hacked/stolen along with my entire XPM collection!) HP10 was not even close to profitable, so I won't be running any more tests unless there is a likelihood of 2x performance ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) I think it's time to turn your attention to the GPU now Mikael ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Running hp10 since monday morning, found 3 blocks on monday with 20 cores, none today - guess it still comes down to luck ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) Oh and 2 blocks over the weekend with hp9
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August 27, 2013, 02:55:58 PM Last edit: August 27, 2013, 04:09:28 PM by acoiner1 |
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Running hp10 since monday morning, found 3 blocks on monday with 20 cores, none today - guess it still comes down to luck ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) Oh and 2 blocks over the weekend with hp9 Which instance type did you use? I found the c1.xlarge is the most cost effective. By running HP10 the blocks generated can cover 90% of the bill, given I bought the discounted AWS Credit code to fund the running cost, I am still at profit with sizable margin.
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August 27, 2013, 04:13:13 PM |
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Running hp10 since monday morning, found 3 blocks on monday with 20 cores, none today - guess it still comes down to luck ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) Oh and 2 blocks over the weekend with hp9 Which instance type did you use? I found the c1.xlarge is the most cost effective. By running HP10 the blocks generated can cover 90% of the bill, given I bought the discounted AWS Credit code to fund the running cost, I am still at profit with sizable margin. If it only covers 90% of the bill, how are you "still at profit with sizable margin"? And the falling exchange rate certainly isn't helping...
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August 27, 2013, 04:50:08 PM |
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Running hp10 since monday morning, found 3 blocks on monday with 20 cores, none today - guess it still comes down to luck ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) Oh and 2 blocks over the weekend with hp9 Which instance type did you use? I found the c1.xlarge is the most cost effective. By running HP10 the blocks generated can cover 90% of the bill, given I bought the discounted AWS Credit code to fund the running cost, I am still at profit with sizable margin. If it only covers 90% of the bill, how are you "still at profit with sizable margin"? And the falling exchange rate certainly isn't helping... Because I use the AWS Credit purchased from ebay - the discount of 50% contributed to the profit margin.
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August 27, 2013, 05:04:17 PM |
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Because I use the AWS Credit purchased from ebay - the discount of 50% contributed to the profit margin.
Indeed. Between the PowerOf60 promo and 3 ebay credits (Max I think or maybe by promo) you can get $400 worth of compute time for ~$150. But past that it wont pay for itself ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif) Edit: Math fix. Could of sworn the PowerOf60 was 200, must be thinking of Azure.
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August 27, 2013, 05:31:39 PM |
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I'm going to be lucky if my free $200 Azure credit makes me $50. ![Sad](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/sad.gif)
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August 27, 2013, 05:36:23 PM |
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Because I use the AWS Credit purchased from ebay - the discount of 50% contributed to the profit margin.
Indeed. Between the PowerOf60 promo and 3 ebay credits (Max I think or maybe by promo) you can get $400 worth of compute time for ~$150. But past that it wont pay for itself ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif) Edit: Math fix. Could of sworn the PowerOf60 was 200, must be thinking of Azure. I couldn't get the $100 ones off ebay to work for me - I get an error saying only one promotion code can be applied. Anyway I have one for sale if anyone is interested PM me
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August 27, 2013, 05:39:16 PM |
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There are a couple of types. Some people are reselling the Intel Promo codes (i.e. Power of 60) and you can only use one of those. There are others.
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August 27, 2013, 05:40:27 PM |
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Because I use the AWS Credit purchased from ebay - the discount of 50% contributed to the profit margin.
Indeed. Between the PowerOf60 promo and 3 ebay credits (Max I think or maybe by promo) you can get $400 worth of compute time for ~$150. But past that it wont pay for itself ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif) Edit: Math fix. Could of sworn the PowerOf60 was 200, must be thinking of Azure. I couldn't get the $100 ones off ebay to work for me - I get an error saying only one promotion code can be applied. Anyway I have one for sale if anyone is interested PM me There is another type of code, that you can apply three codes to each account.
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August 27, 2013, 05:46:15 PM |
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There are a couple of types. Some people are reselling the Intel Promo codes (i.e. Power of 60) and you can only use one of those. There are others.
Ah cool, good to know. I think I may have got the wrong one then, which is a bit shit really!
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August 27, 2013, 06:33:26 PM |
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Running hp10 since monday morning, found 3 blocks on monday with 20 cores, none today - guess it still comes down to luck ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) Oh and 2 blocks over the weekend with hp9 Which instance type did you use? I found the c1.xlarge is the most cost effective. By running HP10 the blocks generated can cover 90% of the bill, given I bought the discounted AWS Credit code to fund the running cost, I am still at profit with sizable margin. None, running it on 3 i7 quads, one xeon octo, 775 quad and an ivy i5 quad xD
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August 27, 2013, 08:55:25 PM |
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Difficulty is starting to seriously be felt !
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August 27, 2013, 09:01:55 PM |
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selling 100$ aws amazon web services credit-code pm me with offers ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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