SpaceCase (OP)
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April 19, 2014, 08:05:33 PM |
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I have an old HP ProLiant DL360 G4 server, that I was thinking about using for mining. I wanted to know if it would be possible to use as is (stock). Hardware specs are: 2x intel xeon 3400dp/2m/800/sl7zd 4GB Ram Hp 128Mb Battery Backed Write Cache 2x 72.8GB 15000RPM Wide Ultra SCSI  not sure what else is in there currently installed OS is Windows Server 2003 Could anyone let me know if i would need some different hardware installed into it or might it work as is? |
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amprocket
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April 19, 2014, 08:43:48 PM |
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Id be interested in an answer to this myself, I've an old pentium 4 desktop I could use.
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eleuthria
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April 19, 2014, 08:43:53 PM |
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Could you? Yes.
Should you? Not in this lifetime, CPU mining has been dead for a long time now, it is too slow to even bother (in SHA256 you will never earn enough to even pay the transaction fee to spend what tiny fraction of a coin you mine in your lifetime).
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BitchImightbe
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April 19, 2014, 11:27:10 PM |
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Maybe some ALT, but Bitcoin, hell no.  |
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JJKirsch
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April 20, 2014, 05:02:58 PM |
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Forget about this crazy idea! the best thing you can do is to get away from the old server
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Donations please - 7df55268-8d44-4dec-a085-d4488eff87f1
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incognitoworker
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April 20, 2014, 11:34:25 PM |
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sell me your server plz!
Ofc you can mine with cpu, you just need to know what and when.
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ProtoAES256
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April 21, 2014, 01:35:46 AM |
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My Opinion
Never ever mine using teh CPU
I tried myself last year (back around when the diff is 0.9T instead of 6.9T today)
Using 4 quad-core Xeon CPU gets me only 40MH/s
and the profit is 0.00000300 BTC/day
CPU Mining is highly NOT recommended
Either for fun or for a living.
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billysweird
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April 21, 2014, 01:54:05 AM |
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In my opinion, you can use any PC for mining, but it will not profitable, if you want mine bit coin, it's mission impossible.
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cp1
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April 21, 2014, 02:07:05 AM |
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That computer will do fine. Just plug in your ASIC and hash away.
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jparsley
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April 21, 2014, 09:58:28 AM |
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Maybe for cpu only mining
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billysweird
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April 21, 2014, 10:45:12 AM |
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i have the same question too
i have a PC, Dell, I bought it in 2008. it is vostro 1400.
can i use it to mining?
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ProtoAES256
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April 21, 2014, 01:49:14 PM |
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i have the same question too
i have a PC, Dell, I bought it in 2008. it is vostro 1400.
can i use it to mining?
As CPU and GPU are not profitable, it is not recommended |
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tesene
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April 29, 2014, 05:27:56 AM |
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I tried the same thing when I first started. Complete FAIL.
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lowbander80
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April 29, 2014, 07:38:26 AM |
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I have a friend working in a financial institution having access in more than 10 IBM blade servers.He runs there since Nov 2013 cpuminer later in 2014 when it became available to mine LTC and sell them for BTC he changed this now he is almost running all his machines with multipools but IMPORTANT he has not paid for them he DOES not pay electricity to run them so the fact is that he received as at today with 100Khs about 5 USD per week free. Who can say I dont want them ? |
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Tammy Chan
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April 29, 2014, 08:50:13 AM |
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I tried the same thing when I first started. Complete FAIL.
It would have been a huge success if you started in 2009 lol.  |
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eleuthria
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April 29, 2014, 11:52:39 PM |
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I have a friend working in a financial institution having access in more than 10 IBM blade servers.He runs there since Nov 2013 cpuminer later in 2014 when it became available to mine LTC and sell them for BTC he changed this now he is almost running all his machines with multipools but IMPORTANT he has not paid for them he DOES not pay electricity to run them so the fact is that he received as at today with 100Khs about 5 USD per week free. Who can say I dont want them ? So your friend is risking his job and stealing from his employer for $20/month. You should probably look for better friends than idiotic thieves. |
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jwcastle
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April 30, 2014, 03:55:29 AM |
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I would suggest using the lowest power PC you can find just to run the client software (e.g. BFGminer or CGminer). I am using a Gateway laptop that's been set to the lowest power setting in Windows and it uses approx 8 Watts of power according to my Kill-a-Watt meter. But I have two USB hubs attached to 12 AntMiner U2's running at a total of 24GH/s. The total power for the entire system is under 40 Watts.
Any desktop PC is likely to use at least 80 Watts and CPU mining will produce less than 100MH/s (that's 240x SLOWER than my system running at 40 Watts).
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April 30, 2014, 06:29:12 AM
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I have a friend working in a financial institution having access in more than 10 IBM blade servers.He runs there since Nov 2013 cpuminer later in 2014 when it became available to mine LTC and sell them for BTC he changed this now he is almost running all his machines with multipools but IMPORTANT he has not paid for them he DOES not pay electricity to run them so the fact is that he received as at today with 100Khs about 5 USD per week free. Who can say I dont want them ? So your friend is risking his job and stealing from his employer for $20/month. You should probably look for better friends than idiotic thieves. Thanks for your suggestion I admire your job and the honest reply. I must say I do not always aproove my friends actions and further I am not responsible for them I run my miners at my personal bussiness and my home Member of BTC-guild as well and thanks for your good efforts and job, since we met here. regards |
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ProtoAES256
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May 01, 2014, 04:04:59 PM |
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I have a friend working in a financial institution having access in more than 10 IBM blade servers.He runs there since Nov 2013 cpuminer later in 2014 when it became available to mine LTC and sell them for BTC he changed this now he is almost running all his machines with multipools but IMPORTANT he has not paid for them he DOES not pay electricity to run them so the fact is that he received as at today with 100Khs about 5 USD per week free. Who can say I dont want them ? So your friend is risking his job and stealing from his employer for $20/month. You should probably look for better friends than idiotic thieves. Thanks for your suggestion I admire your job and the honest reply. I must say I do not always aproove my friends actions and further I am not responsible for them I run my miners at my personal bussiness and my home Member of BTC-guild as well and thanks for your good efforts and job, since we met here. regards Getting a miner is still better(and less stress for cpu) than using the cpu to mine. why don't just recommend your friend to get one? a 200kh/s is not that expensice already nowadays |
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fattypig
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May 02, 2014, 01:18:57 PM |
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I have an old HP ProLiant DL360 G4 server, that I was thinking about using for mining. I wanted to know if it would be possible to use as is (stock). Hardware specs are: 2x intel xeon 3400dp/2m/800/sl7zd 4GB Ram Hp 128Mb Battery Backed Write Cache 2x 72.8GB 15000RPM Wide Ultra SCSI not sure what else is in there currently installed OS is Windows Server 2003 Could anyone let me know if i would need some different hardware installed into it or might it work as is? Yes but please don't.. its just not worth at all.. |
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