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2019-02-19 20:42:13
Rotonen
random read iops improvements above 400k will not be cost effective https://www.anandtech.com/print/13951/the-samsung-983-zet-znand-ssd-review The Samsung 983 ZET (Z-NAND) SSD Review: How Fast Can Flash Memory Get?
2019-02-19 20:43:10
Rotonen
and cheap low power consumer drives are starting to hit that same 3GB/s sequential read rate
2019-02-19 20:43:25
Rotonen
the surfminer is a good idea
2019-02-19 21:31:21
Fireduck
I hope so
2019-02-19 21:31:22
Fireduck
we shall see
2019-02-19 21:53:47
Rotonen
if you do put some effort in at this point, also consider desktop gui stuff
2019-02-19 22:04:14
Fireduck
yeah
2019-02-19 22:05:20
Fireduck
I was thinking of making a desktop UI mode where one tab would run a node, with just dumping the nodes output to a text box (that can mostly be ignored) and then other tabs supporting normal client things.
2019-02-19 22:19:25
Rotonen
also throw in a tab for the miner
2019-02-19 22:19:59
Fireduck
I'm not sure that is a good idea. I'm not sure it is a bad idea either.
2019-02-19 22:20:06
Rotonen
and yes, no need to be pretty yet, that’ll increase the user base already
2019-02-19 22:25:31
Rotonen
people find a gui very useful to configure things
2019-02-19 22:26:38
Rotonen
and the tiered config panel approach to hide most stuff under ’advanced’ should do for the miner
2019-02-19 22:27:32
Rotonen
address pool where is your snow field thread count
2019-02-19 22:28:13
Rotonen
memfield or precache are pretty much for users whom can manage anyway
2019-02-19 22:29:40
Rotonen
and the users whom for the gui would be trip up on concepts like ’comment line’ or ’path to directory’
2019-02-19 22:30:32
Fireduck
I can absolutely see the value, I'm just thinking that it will be a lot of work
2019-02-19 22:31:18
Rotonen
i guess i could do a config file generator
2019-02-19 22:31:44
Rotonen
online, in javascript
2019-02-19 22:32:41
Rotonen
the file chooser dialog of a file upload input field could potentially be abused for this
2019-02-19 22:33:40
Rotonen
and can default threads to a multiple of the core count, if there is an api for that
2019-02-19 22:33:53
Rotonen
webassembly should have something
2019-02-19 22:36:27
Fireduck
Right, can keep it simple and do things like launch an OS editor on a default config file with explanations inline
2019-02-19 22:36:34
Fireduck
saves a ton of UI work
2019-02-19 22:37:16
Fireduck
and then you can run the node (or miner) in a tab with some stats at the bottom about how it is doing (block high, peer count for node), (hash rates for miner)
2019-02-19 22:52:54
Rotonen
yep, and with a bit of forethought in the architecture, everything can be improved in baby steps over time