On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:37 PM, grarpamp <grarp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Given a testbed: Pentium 4 1.8GHz single core, 2GB ram, FreeBSD 8, > disk is geli aes-128 + zfs sha-256, bitcoin 0.6.3, Tor proxy, > An estimate is made that by the end of the year bitcoin will > completely overrun the capabilities of this reasonable class of > machines.
That's actually slower-than-Atom class hardware you're running on there, with full disk encryption on what's a very CPU and IO-heavy workload. From the benchmarks I remember, your CPU is literally slower than the first generation of single-core netbooks - the ones reviewers recommended against using full disk encryption on because they just didn't have enough CPU power to manage it. It's not surprising that Bitcoin isn't usable on that setup. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
