All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.

[smokim11]

you can set a billing alert, set at 90$ so when you owe them 90$ you get a email and then you can terminate most and leave one running.

[flashoftheblades]

What happens when we use up the 100$ AWS Amazon credit? Did they star billing your CC? How can we know when our credit is used up?

Yes, they will start billing you for the extra time you use. I made this mistake by not watching close enough, and ran over the $100 credit.

[HCarvalho]

What happens when we use up the 100$ AWS Amazon credit? Did they star billing your CC? How can we know when our credit is used up?

[Polke]

Can I get a quick tutorial on how to ssh with putty from win to the HP cloud ubuntu?

Never mind, found it myself.

[Kenof]

I've never used linux, no idea how it works

What server provider are you talking about?  I know only that you can on HP Cloud create as many virtual servers as you like.
1GB of RAM is not sufficient to run miner without crash, so I was running 16 Standard Small,   2 HP Cloud Compute Units, 2 virtual cores, 2GB RAM, 40GB disk

you have everything explained for linux setup in first post, and putty setup in my post #28

hmm this is not the thread where linux is explained:

this are the commands:
wget http://the-iland.net/static/downloads/ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0.tar.gz
tar -xzvf ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0.tar.gz
./ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0 162.243.45.158 your_pts_wallet_address 8

just copy them one by one in putty and start mining,
don't forget to put your wallet adress in last command,
good luck

I'm running 2 standard small instances on HP Cloud. Your start command states 8 threads, the standard small instances only have 2 vCPUs. Is that a typo?

yes it was a typo, but i think you can left command with 8 threads because miner will try to use 8 but will find only 2 and use these 2

[afr33sl4ve]

I've never used linux, no idea how it works

What server provider are you talking about?  I know only that you can on HP Cloud create as many virtual servers as you like.
1GB of RAM is not sufficient to run miner without crash, so I was running 16 Standard Small,   2 HP Cloud Compute Units, 2 virtual cores, 2GB RAM, 40GB disk

you have everything explained for linux setup in first post, and putty setup in my post #28

hmm this is not the thread where linux is explained:

this are the commands:
wget http://the-iland.net/static/downloads/ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0.tar.gz
tar -xzvf ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0.tar.gz
./ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0 162.243.45.158 your_pts_wallet_address 8

just copy them one by one in putty and start mining,
don't forget to put your wallet adress in last command,
good luck

I'm running 2 standard small instances on HP Cloud. Your start command states 8 threads, the standard small instances only have 2 vCPUs. Is that a typo?

[smokim11]

at the end of the batch file put:

pause

(on a new line in the batch file)

[theSeanster]

Would you care to elaborate on that? What I don't know is what determines the hash rate, is it the amount of cpu cores and the ram? I chose one with windows 2008, 4xcpu, 6gb ram and I have about 45 hps... And I turned off IE enhanced security and disabled windows update...

In the proof of momentum main hardware limitation is not CPU or GPU speed nor quantity of RAM but speed of bus and memory.

I mined with those servers from HP (http://www.hpcloud.com/pricing)
- Standard 2XL ($0.90/hr), got around 110 hpm
- Standard Large ($0.24/hr), got around 240hpm when 4 in parallel
- Standard Small ($0.06/hr), got around 510hpm when 16 in parallel

Funny thing is, every time I decreased server strength by 4 times, pricing decreased 4 times and I put 4 servers more so total chargin price from my trial balance stayed the same

I would be very thankful if I had this information on day 1 of mining, I would now have more PTS mined

and do not just believe....try it yourself

I will try that! I also wish I knew this sooner... So just to be clear, when I get to choose from the various servers, I should choose as little as possible a number CPU, little RAM and OS doesn't matter other than some are easier to set up? does 32-bit/64-bit mean anything?

You will get the best hash/price ratio using Standard Small servers with Ubuntu 13.10

I can only find 2xcpu with ubuntu 12.04 or 10.04 with 4gb ram.. It seems like a 32-bit version of windows 2003/2008 has problems executing the .bat file (Coyote Miner), it just closes immediately even though I know that the content inside is correct.. so might be compatibility issues.. This is annoying, as I just made 16 servers and .rdp files... Will try again with Ubuntu I think.

[Butch]

Kenof, can you please join me in the chatroom ? I'd like to ask you something.
here is the link
https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=protoshares

[Kenof]

what pool are you mining in ?
Any preference for cloud mining ?

I am mining in coyote pool, did some in ypool too
there are no special preferences except number of threads

[Butch]

what pool are you mining in ?
Any preference for cloud mining ?

[Kenof]

Would you care to elaborate on that? What I don't know is what determines the hash rate, is it the amount of cpu cores and the ram? I chose one with windows 2008, 4xcpu, 6gb ram and I have about 45 hps... And I turned off IE enhanced security and disabled windows update...

In the proof of momentum main hardware limitation is not CPU or GPU speed nor quantity of RAM but speed of bus and memory.

I mined with those servers from HP (http://www.hpcloud.com/pricing)
- Standard 2XL ($0.90/hr), got around 110 hpm
- Standard Large ($0.24/hr), got around 240hpm when 4 in parallel
- Standard Small ($0.06/hr), got around 510hpm when 16 in parallel

Funny thing is, every time I decreased server strength by 4 times, pricing decreased 4 times and I put 4 servers more so total chargin price from my trial balance stayed the same

I would be very thankful if I had this information on day 1 of mining, I would now have more PTS mined

and do not just believe....try it yourself

I will try that! I also wish I knew this sooner... So just to be clear, when I get to choose from the various servers, I should choose as little as possible a number CPU, little RAM and OS doesn't matter other than some are easier to set up? does 32-bit/64-bit mean anything?

You will get the best hash/price ratio using Standard Small servers with Ubuntu 13.10

[theSeanster]

Would you care to elaborate on that? What I don't know is what determines the hash rate, is it the amount of cpu cores and the ram? I chose one with windows 2008, 4xcpu, 6gb ram and I have about 45 hps... And I turned off IE enhanced security and disabled windows update...

In the proof of momentum main hardware limitation is not CPU or GPU speed nor quantity of RAM but speed of bus and memory.

I mined with those servers from HP (http://www.hpcloud.com/pricing)
- Standard 2XL ($0.90/hr), got around 110 hpm
- Standard Large ($0.24/hr), got around 240hpm when 4 in parallel
- Standard Small ($0.06/hr), got around 510hpm when 16 in parallel

Funny thing is, every time I decreased server strength by 4 times, pricing decreased 4 times and I put 4 servers more so total chargin price from my trial balance stayed the same

I would be very thankful if I had this information on day 1 of mining, I would now have more PTS mined

and do not just believe....try it yourself

I will try that! I also wish I knew this sooner... So just to be clear, when I get to choose from the various servers, I should choose as little as possible a number CPU, little RAM and OS doesn't matter other than some are easier to set up? does 32-bit/64-bit mean anything?

[Kenof]

I've never used linux, no idea how it works

What server provider are you talking about?  I know only that you can on HP Cloud create as many virtual servers as you like.
1GB of RAM is not sufficient to run miner without crash, so I was running 16 Standard Small,   2 HP Cloud Compute Units, 2 virtual cores, 2GB RAM, 40GB disk

you have everything explained for linux setup in first post, and putty setup in my post #28

hmm this is not the thread where linux is explained:

this are the commands:
wget http://the-iland.net/static/downloads/ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0.tar.gz
tar -xzvf ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0.tar.gz
./ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0 162.243.45.158 your_pts_wallet_address 8

just copy them one by one in putty and start mining,
don't forget to put your wallet adress in last command,
good luck

[smokim11]

If you can create instances that run Ubuntu 13.0

Let me know, its pretty easy to setup. Less time than with windows.