Burst Coin - Questions

Jon855

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I'm looking into investing into Burst Coin (as an active "miner") and I'm a little confused by few things, namely what resources specifically would be required to run, effectively, say plotting several 4TB hard drives.

CPU
RAM
Internet Bandwidth
Write/Read Speeds (Relevant or not)

I do have some captial that I'm willing to invest into this and I wanted to hear from some who are already doing Burst Coin on what's essentially required and such so that I can determine whether if it would be a cost-prohibitive or not to start.

I see that theoretically 1 PB system would rake in $5000 a month and perhaps about 4-6 months or so to break even after the initial investment (based on current HDD prices). I'm not sure whether the scale of economy would be more effective with a bigger plot / smaller hd / bigger hd and such.

Again - I'm hoping that I'll get some better understanding from the people who currently mine Burst Coins and thank you for your time.

For consideration - I have a minimum of $10K that I'm willing to invest into this project and I suppose this will bring me close to 240-360TB and after breaking even, I could reinvest half of earnings back into expanding the operation and pocket the other half into my stock market funds as a hedge either way. Is this remotely a feasible or am I understanding this incorrectly?

Resources I've looked at:
http://burstcoincalculator.com/
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/burst/ (I feel that this market cap will be able to support my investment even at half of its current price point and only has room to grow)
https://www.burst-coin.org/

In short - I'm willing to invest at a minimum of $10K into this project as to sustain a minimum estimate ROI of 4 months (half of current coin price). I'm also looking to expand perhaps upwards to 10 PB operation should the ROI break even within 2-3 months and the operation to be profitable within 5 months.

Many thanks to all who took the time to read this and I look forward to your help. Much appreciated!
 
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Cost Analysis

STAGE 1
60x 4TB = $6K give/take at ~100/HD
4U Server w/60 HDD Internals = ~6k

Total Cost = ~12K

Current 240TB Monthly Rate of Return = $600-700
Expected ROI = ~20 Months
Profit Expected @ 20-21th Month


Potential Upsides:
  • Coin Price climb higher
    • Per 10% increase from base price of 6.5c/coin = 1mo less to ROI
  • 4TB HD currently has the best cost/gb ratio that I can find
  • Server has the capacity to handle higher TB HDDs should replacement become more affordable
  • HDD can be sold afterwards should other HDD outperform in terms of Cost/Space and ROI
Potential Downfalls:
  • Server may be overpriced/powered and unnecessarily extending my ROI timeline significantly
  • Coin Price drops furthering my ROI timeframe
  • HDD failures further complicates progress
 
You can get external 8tb drives for 150, if you don't mind shucking them and setting aside space for the cases for warranty purposes.
 
Cost Analysis

STAGE 2
60x 8TB = $12K give/take at ~200/HD
4U Server w/60 HDD Internals = ~6k

Total Cost = ~18K

Current 480TB Monthly Rate of Return = $1200-1400
Expected ROI = ~12-14 Months
Profit Expected @ 14th Month

STAGE 3 (CURRENTLY THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE APPROACH)
60x 8TB = $12K give/take at ~200/HD
DIY 4U Server w/60 HDD Internals = ~3-4K

Total Cost = ~15-16K

Current 480TB Monthly Rate of Return = $1200-1400
Expected ROI = ~11-13 Months
Profit Expected @ 13th Month

STAGE 4 (CURRENTLY THE CHEAPEST OF ALL OPTIONS)
60x 4TB = $6K give/take at ~100/HD
DIY 4U Server w/60 HDD Internals = ~3-4K

Total Cost = ~9-10K

Current 240TB Monthly Rate of Return = $600-700
Expected ROI = ~13-16 Months
Profit Expected @ 16th Month

Personally - I'm on the fence about either Stage 2 / 3 as I like the concept of a quicker ROI utilizing more disk space (nearly half PB in a single 4U rack) and I need to determine whether if the server, not the DIY route, is capable of plotting these HDDs in a timely manner as to maximize my return. On the other hand the DIY route would clearly give me more range of options and is priced cheaper for a similar spec'd hardware permitting me to deploy another 4U rack for nearly the price of one 4U Server that's ready to go out of the box sans HDD space.

Decisions...
 
What I've found is that plotting speeds (for optimized plots) tend to be limited to about 20k nonces per minute (about 5GB / minute) per drive. My 1950x at 4.2GHz can do 40k nonces/minute with 31 threads going, if I could keep it cool enough (I can't). My 5960x at 3.5Ghz could do 25k nonces/min with 15 threads.

So AMD = 0.3k nonce / thread / GHz
Intel = 0.47k nonce / thread / Ghz.

If you split one 60 drive server in to three 20 drive servers, using the same CPUs, you can triple your plotting speed.


As far as mining itself is concerned, you don't need much. I'm running on an old i3 2120 and it reads 4 drives in about 12 seconds.
 
What I've found is that plotting speeds (for optimized plots) tend to be limited to about 20k nonces per minute (about 5GB / minute) per drive. My 1950x at 4.2GHz can do 40k nonces/minute with 31 threads going, if I could keep it cool enough (I can't). My 5960x at 3.5Ghz could do 25k nonces/min with 15 threads.

So AMD = 0.3k nonce / thread / GHz
Intel = 0.47k nonce / thread / Ghz.

If you split one 60 drive server in to three 20 drive servers, using the same CPUs, you can triple your plotting speed.


As far as mining itself is concerned, you don't need much. I'm running on an old i3 2120 and it reads 4 drives in about 12 seconds.

To give you an idea of what the server contains (whether if this makes financial sense or not is another matter)

Pre-configured server including the case / hardware necessary to mount the HDDs is the following:

Processor
Intel Processor Xeon E5 -1620 V4 (VERIFIED)

RAM
Hynix 4x8GB DDR4-2400 ECC REG DIMM Server Memory
HMA41GR7AFR4N-UH

Motherboard
SuperMicro MOTHER BOARD, X10
MBD-X10SRM-TF

Power Supply
2 EVGA 750w

Boot Drive
Seagate
ST500LM021

SATA III Card
Sunrich 4 Port PCI Express
A-540

Backplane
Sunrich
S-331

CPU Fan
Dynatron R13 1U

Operating System
Linux
Debian 7
 
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Testing phase with my PC underway

BurstPlotting.png
 
Hmm looking at the coin it doesn't seem like it will be long to reach its max supply.
Would it not be cheaper to just buy this coin ? Or does it add coins much slower then it
looks on the graph ?

I thought about trying to do burst but i dont have enough spare gb anymore to make it
worth while. I am mostly ssd now.

Btw thanks for posting this!
 
Jon855 I got your PM and figured I'd respond here for the benefit of others.

My burst server consists of a single server comprised of a primary chassis with 3 'slave' chassis connected to it. Here's a list of the hardware:

4x Supermicro SC846 24 bay hot swap chassis with SAS2 backplanes. ~$400 each used on ebay
3x Supermicro JBOD-CB2 Power Board $49 each on ebay
6x Molex SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 cables $8 each on ebay
2x SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cables $8 each on ebay
3x Supermicro CBL-0168L Dual SFF-bracket $25 each on ebay
1x Supermicro X10SRL-F Motherboard. $187 open box on newegg
1x Intel 5E-2683 v3 $300 for ES version on ebay
1x Noctura CPU Cooler $58 on newegg
2x Samsung 16GB DDR4 REG-ECC DIMM $173 each on ebay
1x LSI 9211-8i $40 on ebay
3x LSI 9200-8e $41 on ebay

So the main chassis is the only one with a motherboard in it. I run Windows 10 Pro.

The LSI 9211-8i HBA is connected to the internal 24 port SAS2 backplane via 8x6Gbps SAS lanes. So a total of 48Gbps bandwidth.

Each slave chassis is connected to a LSI9200-8e HBA in the main chassis, and also has a total of 48Gbps per chassis. So the total available bandwidth to all chassis is 192 Gbps. Total disk capacity of 96.

Here's a view from the LSI MegaRAID application:

megaraidphysical84.PNG


Since 84 drives is way more than windows can support using letters for each drive, I use mount points. My miner config file looks like this:

Code:
{
"Mode" : "pool",
"Server" : "pool.burstmining.club",
"Port" : 8124,

"UpdaterAddr" : "pool.burstmining.club",
"UpdaterPort" : 8124,

"InfoAddr" : "127.0.0.1",
"InfoPort" : 8125,

"EnableProxy" : false,
"ProxyPort" : 8126,

"Paths":
[
    "C:\\Burst\\plot01"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot02"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot03"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot04"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot05"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot06"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot07"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot08"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot09"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot10"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot11"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot12"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot13"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot14"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot15"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot16"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot17"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot18"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot19"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot20"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot21"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot22"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot23"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot24"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot25"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot26"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot27"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot28"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot29"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot30"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot31"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot32"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot33"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot34"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot35"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot36"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot37"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot38"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot39"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot40"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot41"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot42"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot43"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot44"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot45"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot46"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot47"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot48"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot49"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot50"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot51"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot52"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot53"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot54"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot55"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot56"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot57"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot58"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot59"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot60"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot61"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot62"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot63"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot64"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot65"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot66"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot67"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot68"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot69"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot70"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot71"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot72"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot73"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot74"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot75"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot76"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot77"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot78"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot79"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot80"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot81"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot82"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot83"
    ,"C:\\Burst\\plot84"
],

"CacheSize" : 40000,
"ShowMsg" : false,
"ShowUpdates" : false,

"Debug" : false,
"UseHDDWakeUp" : false,

"SendBestOnly" : true,
"TargetDeadline": 86400,

"UseFastRcv" : false,
"SendInterval" : 500,
"UpdateInterval" : 1000,

"UseLog" : false,
"ShowWinner" : false,
"UseBoost" : false,

"WinSizeX" : 77,
"WinSizeY" : 60
}

Let me know if you have any additional questions.
 
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My plan at this moment is somewhat constrained by the fact that the power/breakers set up in my apartment blow balls.

I'm looking into a 4U rackmount chassis/server with 60 drives using the following:
Backblaze Storage Pod 6.0
Replace OS Drive with SSD
Replace CPU to something better [more cores / threads] so that plotting doesn't takes FOREVER on a 1620
Use mount points to connect all 60 drives (either WD Red NAS 4TB, 8TB, or 10TB)

By my general calculations - this should draw ~500w peak depending on the drives used and I'm hoping that the configuration will provide sufficient bandwidth for all of the drives as to not be bottlenecked by anything.

This would be my only Burst mining hardware for a while until I achieve ROI and then I'll look into expanding into doubling / tripling space and transfer them to a colo-hosting site at that point.

I'm open to suggestions.
 
So my first 4tb has completed plotting. For now - I'm just testing Solo and ran the miner - it just launched a cmd box super quick and disappeared... Am I not suppose to see anything while it's mining?

I'm running it off Qbundle with Admin Priv...

Am I missing something?

My current conf is
Code:
{
   "Mode" : "solo",
   "Server" : "",
   "Port": 8124,

   "UpdaterAddr" : "",
   "UpdaterPort": "8124",

   "InfoAddr" : "",
   "InfoPort": "8124",

   "EnableProxy": false,
   "ProxyPort": 8126,

   "Paths":["D:\\Burst"],
   "CacheSize" : 10000,

   "Debug": true,
   "UseHDDWakeUp": true,

   "TargetDeadline": 80000000,

   "SendInterval": 100,
   "UpdateInterval": 950,

   "UseLog" : true,
   "ShowWinner" : false,
   "UseBoost" : true,

   "WinSizeX": 76,
   "WinSizeY": 60
}

Thanks
 
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If its like gpu mining then u may need to give it a exception for windows defender/your anti virus. Otherwise it gets shut down right away
 
So my first 4tb has completed plotting. For now - I'm just testing Solo and ran the miner - it just launched a cmd box super quick and disappeared... Am I not suppose to see anything while it's mining?

I'm running it off Qbundle with Admin Priv...

Am I missing something?

My current conf is
Code:
{
   "Mode" : "solo",
   "Server" : "",
   "Port": 8124,

   "UpdaterAddr" : "",
   "UpdaterPort": "8124",

   "InfoAddr" : "",
   "InfoPort": "8124",

   "EnableProxy": false,
   "ProxyPort": 8126,

   "Paths":["D:\\Burst"],
   "CacheSize" : 10000,

   "Debug": true,
   "UseHDDWakeUp": true,

   "TargetDeadline": 80000000,

   "SendInterval": 100,
   "UpdateInterval": 950,

   "UseLog" : true,
   "ShowWinner" : false,
   "UseBoost" : true,

   "WinSizeX": 76,
   "WinSizeY": 60
}

Thanks

Solo mining requires you run a full node. Set your server to 127.0.0.1 if you're running the wallet locally.
 
Solo mining requires you run a full node. Set your server to 127.0.0.1 if you're running the wallet locally.
Code:
{
   "Mode" : "solo",
   "Server" : "127.0.0.1",
   "Port": 8124,

   "UpdaterAddr" : "",
   "UpdaterPort": "8124",

   "InfoAddr" : "",
   "InfoPort": "8124",

   "EnableProxy": false,
   "ProxyPort": 8126,

   "Paths":["D:\\Burst"],
   "CacheSize" : 10000,

   "Debug": true,
   "UseHDDWakeUp": true,

   "TargetDeadline": 80000000,

   "SendInterval": 100,
   "UpdateInterval": 950,

   "UseLog" : true,
   "ShowWinner" : false,
   "UseBoost" : true,

   "WinSizeX": 76,
   "WinSizeY": 60
}

And make sure you have your pass phrase in a text file in your miner folder.
Uhh - this seems quite insecure... What would this text file be named? Specific formatting?

Just added a passphrase.txt file with my passphrase in it.

Tried to run the miner - again, to no avail...

I'm not seeing any blocking occurrences on Window Defender. I've got no idea what I need to do next.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
 
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Check the logs folder to see what it's complaining about. I think you also need to put your local address in for the updates and info address fields.
 
Check the logs folder to see what it's complaining about. I think you also need to put your local address in for the updates and info address fields.
I've changed the conf file to reflect all addresses to be 127.0.0.1

and here's the latest log file as of current [i've not done anything else since then as I was out]

Code:
v1.170820_AVX2
12:46:19 Mode: 0
12:46:19 Server:
12:46:19 Port: 8124
12:46:19 Path: D:\Burst
12:46:19 CacheSize: 10000
12:46:19 UseHDDWakeUp: 1
12:46:19 SendInterval: 100
12:46:19 UpdateInterval: 950
12:46:19 Debug: 1
12:46:19 Updater address:
12:46:19 Updater port: 8124
12:46:19 Info address:
12:46:19 Info port: 8124
12:46:19 EnableProxy: 0
12:46:19 ProxyPort: 8126
12:46:19 ShowWinner: 0
12:46:19 TargetDeadline: 80000000
12:46:19 UseBoost: 1
12:46:19 WinSizeX: 76
12:46:19 WinSizeY: 60
12:46:19 === Config loaded ===
12:46:19 Miner path: C:\Qbundle\BlagoMiner\
12:46:19 Searching servers...
12:46:19 Address:  defined as: 192.168.1.3
12:46:19 GMI: ERROR in UpdaterAddr
12:46:19 Updater thread started
12:46:19 Update mining info
 
I've changed the conf file to reflect all addresses to be 127.0.0.1

and here's the latest log file as of current [i've not done anything else since then as I was out]

Code:
v1.170820_AVX2
12:46:19 Mode: 0
12:46:19 Server:
12:46:19 Port: 8124
12:46:19 Path: D:\Burst
12:46:19 CacheSize: 10000
12:46:19 UseHDDWakeUp: 1
12:46:19 SendInterval: 100
12:46:19 UpdateInterval: 950
12:46:19 Debug: 1
12:46:19 Updater address:
12:46:19 Updater port: 8124
12:46:19 Info address:
12:46:19 Info port: 8124
12:46:19 EnableProxy: 0
12:46:19 ProxyPort: 8126
12:46:19 ShowWinner: 0
12:46:19 TargetDeadline: 80000000
12:46:19 UseBoost: 1
12:46:19 WinSizeX: 76
12:46:19 WinSizeY: 60
12:46:19 === Config loaded ===
12:46:19 Miner path: C:\Qbundle\BlagoMiner\
12:46:19 Searching servers...
12:46:19 Address:  defined as: 192.168.1.3
12:46:19 GMI: ERROR in UpdaterAddr
12:46:19 Updater thread started
12:46:19 Update mining info

Let me Google it for you:
https://www.burstnation.com/wbb/index.php?thread/3320-miner-is-not-working-anymore/

2nd post from the top:

I had the same problem and i got it fixed by changing the pool address in conf. files.
In my case the pool changed the address so i had to change it to the new one.
Try that and see if it works

Good luck.
 
Let me Google it for you:
https://www.burstnation.com/wbb/index.php?thread/3320-miner-is-not-working-anymore/

2nd post from the top:

I had the same problem and i got it fixed by changing the pool address in conf. files.
In my case the pool changed the address so i had to change it to the new one.
Try that and see if it works

Good luck.

I'm trying solo just to ensure that things are working and here's the log for the most recent run.

Code:
v1.170820_AVX2
17:36:53 Mode: 0
17:36:53 Server: 127.0.0.1
17:36:53 Port: 8124
17:36:53 Path: D:\Burst
17:36:53 CacheSize: 10000
17:36:53 UseHDDWakeUp: 1
17:36:53 SendInterval: 100
17:36:53 UpdateInterval: 950
17:36:53 Debug: 1
17:36:53 Updater address: 127.0.0.1
17:36:53 Updater port: 8124
17:36:53 Info address: 127.0.0.1
17:36:53 Info port: 8124
17:36:53 EnableProxy: 0
17:36:53 ProxyPort: 8126
17:36:53 ShowWinner: 0
17:36:53 TargetDeadline: 80000000
17:36:53 UseBoost: 1
17:36:53 WinSizeX: 76
17:36:53 WinSizeY: 60
17:36:53 === Config loaded ===
17:36:53 Miner path: C:\Qbundle\BlagoMiner\
17:36:53 Searching servers...
17:36:53 Address: 127.0.0.1 defined as: 127.0.0.1
17:36:53 Address: 127.0.0.1 defined as: 127.0.0.1
17:36:53 Updater thread started
17:36:53 Update mining info
17:36:54 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:36:56 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:36:58 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:00 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:02 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:04 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:06 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:08 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:10 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:12 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:14 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:16 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:18 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:20 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:22 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:24 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:26 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:28 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:30 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:32 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:34 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:36 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:38 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:40 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:42 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:44 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:46 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:48 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:50 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:51 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:53 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:55 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:57 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:37:59 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:01 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:03 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:05 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:07 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:09 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:11 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:13 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:15 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:17 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:19 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:21 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:23 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:25 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:27 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:29 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:31 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:33 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:35 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:37 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:39 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:41 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:43 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:45 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:47 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:49 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:51 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:53 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:55 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:57 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:38:58 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:39:00 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:39:02 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061
17:39:04 *! GMI: connect function failed with error: 10061

And I'm curious as to whether if anybody has any feedback on the following plan and whether if there's any issues there.
My plan at this moment is somewhat constrained by the fact that the power/breakers set up in my apartment blow balls.

I'm looking into a 4U rackmount chassis/server with 60 drives using the following:
Backblaze Storage Pod 6.0
Replace OS Drive with SSD
Replace CPU to something better [more cores / threads] so that plotting doesn't takes FOREVER on a 1620
Use mount points to connect all 60 drives (either WD Red NAS 4TB, 8TB, or 10TB)

By my general calculations - this should draw ~500w peak depending on the drives used and I'm hoping that the configuration will provide sufficient bandwidth for all of the drives as to not be bottlenecked by anything.

This would be my only Burst mining hardware for a while until I achieve ROI and then I'll look into expanding into doubling / tripling space and transfer them to a colo-hosting site at that point.

I'm open to suggestions.

Thanks again for all of the continuing support.
 
Bumping this to see if anybody has any idea why I cannot mine Burst thus far. The HDD's plotted... I'm not sure what exactly I'm doing wrong, if anything. See above for the file log.
 
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