Comodore (OP)
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November 18, 2012, 03:53:29 PM |
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Hi guys. I am reflecting interesting question. But I do not have informations and also SSD.
I wanna know how fast is it to download and verify full blockchain under our standard client. I know that it takes time in days to do so with normal disc. But how good is SSD?
So, what is your experience?
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drlatino999
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November 18, 2012, 04:00:42 PM |
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Under Windows 7 on a Crucial M4 I think it was well under 10 hours from start to finish, as opposed to a 7200RPM Disc where it can stretch up to 36 in my experience.
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CIYAM
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November 18, 2012, 04:02:44 PM |
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The main problem with downloading the blockchain is not so much just the speed of the disk but a combination of bandwidth, CPU and I/O (and using a slower CPU such as on a typical laptop it is this that is the bottleneck).
That being said of course an SSD should improve the I/O side significantly.
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Bitsky
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November 18, 2012, 08:16:22 PM |
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To reduce the load on your SSD (or any mechanical drive) you could use a ramdisk for the initial download since there will be tons of I/O.
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November 19, 2012, 02:42:12 PM |
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The current code in git (what will become 0. is a lot faster.
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This is not OK.
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November 19, 2012, 07:29:53 PM |
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Took about a day to download on my SSD. Thought it'd take much longer.
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goldlyre
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November 20, 2012, 03:14:16 AM |
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Everytime it took me 40 hours to download the entire blockchain to my destop pc. It's very boring.
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pekv2
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November 20, 2012, 03:31:53 AM |
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To reduce the load on your SSD (or any mechanical drive) you could use a ramdisk for the initial download since there will be tons of I/O.
Yea, ramdisk with torrent = win for the initial. [BETA] Bitcoin blockchain torrent
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November 20, 2012, 03:32:50 AM |
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Until version 0.8 arrives (very fast!), you may use the Bitcoin blockchain torrent to speed the big first part of your download. Edit: heh, pekv2 and I posted at the same time, it seems.
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pekv2
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November 20, 2012, 03:42:23 AM |
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Until version 0.8 arrives (very fast!), you may use the Bitcoin blockchain torrent to speed the big first part of your download. Edit: heh, pekv2 and I posted at the same time, it seems. Lulz, fast and furious :p .
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