Help With The Best Operating Practice's For The S9k

[Obelawe]

hello all my wife are very new to the farming just got our first S9k what is the is the best way to run these S9k
I read a little rebooting every 12 hours is that any good or should we do 6 hours? and what are the best pools
we started with slush pool

thank you in advance

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[philipma1957]

hello all my wife are very new to the farming just got our first S9k what is the is the best way to run these S9k
I read a little rebooting every 12 hours is that any good or should we do 6 hours? and what are the best pools
we started with slush pool

thank you in advance

if you reboot your machine is not mining for two to ten minutes.

if your machine is not mining when slush hits a block you earn zero.

so don’t reboot two or four times a day and mine on slush.

i have around 80 or ninety units four of them are s9k units.

i simply check all my units four times a day and if a unit has an issue i reboot it.

i mine on
pool.viabtc.com
pool.ckpool.org
mmpool.org

most gear is on pool.viabtc.com

[lightfoot]

I'd say if you just got it, start by configuring it to mine over to slushpool and watch it for a few days.

If running on a 110 volt outlet (not a good idea IMO) keep a close eye on the power plug, cord, and the circuit breaker (use a finger to feel if the breaker is warm) to make sure your home wiring is not getting hot. Don't run it on an extension cord. Keep an ear out for the fans, listen for unusual sounds that might indicate a bearing failure (used miners can have this issue). Use your nose to see if you smell any wiring burning/melting/whatever.

And keep an eye on the hash rate: You probably don't need to reboot it daily but let it run and see.

I run mine as a hobby miner/test bed for weeks without rebooting, stock firmware. With two boards enabled, it mines at a solid 9gh as reported on Slush and pulls 1,000 watts from the wall as measured by a P4 Watt-meter. That is about as much as I will put on a household 15amp 110 volt circuit. Once you have a good idea what it does, then start fiddling with things like new firmware, low power mode, and the like (if your firmware supports low power mode turn that on).

Welcome to the network!

[Obelawe]

I'd say if you just got it, start by configuring it to mine over to slushpool and watch it for a few days.

If running on a 110 volt outlet (not a good idea IMO) keep a close eye on the power plug, cord, and the circuit breaker (use a finger to feel if the breaker is warm) to make sure your home wiring is not getting hot. Don't run it on an extension cord. Keep an ear out for the fans, listen for unusual sounds that might indicate a bearing failure (used miners can have this issue). Use your nose to see if you smell any wiring burning/melting/whatever.

And keep an eye on the hash rate: You probably don't need to reboot it daily but let it run and see.

I run mine as a hobby miner/test bed for weeks without rebooting, stock firmware. With two boards enabled, it mines at a solid 9gh as reported on Slush and pulls 1,000 watts from the wall as measured by a P4 Watt-meter. That is about as much as I will put on a household 15amp 110 volt circuit. Once you have a good idea what it does, then start fiddling with things like new firmware, low power mode, and the like (if your firmware supports low power mode turn that on).

Welcome to the network!

i have brand new unit not second hand and we running 240v  and all my sockets are high voltage i do not take chance at all and we are fireman paramedics here all good
we just super noobs to btc lol

[lightfoot]

Good. The number of systems I have fixed due to burned.... stuff.... is something that's in the back of my mind. Still, I'd say start by running it for a few weeks to get the hand of it to establish a baseline, then go from there. Would probably be worth it to enable high efficiency mode to reduce heat, wear, and minimize power expenses.

[mikeywith]

hello all my wife are very new

How many new wives you got? 

ok jokes aside, I am not sure where did you get the piece of information that states you should reboot your Antminer S9k, these miners are supposed to run 24/7 without the smallest break unless of course required.

I mine mostly on viabtc just like phill does, and i have their app on my phone, so i can watch the hashrate 24/7 , they also send me an email when something is wrong with the hashrate or the number of online miners go below a certain number, if you have a lot of gears, you can get something like Awesome Miner to manage your miners, but if they are just a few then no need to do anything except for making sure they run cool enough, and just let them mine until they can't.

[Artemis3]

hello all my wife are very new to the farming just got our first S9k what is the is the best way to run these S9k
I read a little rebooting every 12 hours is that any good or should we do 6 hours? and what are the best pools
we started with slush pool

thank you in advance

Where did you even read that? These asic miners are meant to be turned on and let them run nonstop. The only reason mine would reboot is if there is a power outage, of if it needs to be stopped for cleaning...

The best pool is a long and lengthy debate for the pool section. PPLNS with the highest hashrate, which Slush has the largest. But, the min payment there at 0.01 BTC it would take you like six weeks to receive each payment. Something like ckpool / Kano would be best if they had a big enough hashrate (100+ TH), but they don't so its about the same. And the PPS pools all take 4% rather than 2% or 1% the PPLNS pools take.

TL;DR: Do NOT reboot the miners.