[Discussion] Managing a Primecoin Mining Cluster

[super3]

I'm currently running a mining cluster. Currently 5 high-end machines, and looking to add two more and a server on Monday/Tuesday. I just wanted to put up a thread to discuss with people who have decent Primecoin mining operations. My first question is do you solo mine or use a pool?

[Scott. S]

Currently I am mining solo. I've got 5 Linux servers set up for mining, after almost a month. I have yet to mine anything. I may consider getting into a mining pool. I just need to set it up.

[deFRAGer]

I am running between 7 and 13 machines, and I am pool mining on beeeeer.org (right amount of 'e's?), and I have been mining for about a week. I have made a script that I download to the machine and run, which automatically downloads and starts the miner (all my machines are ubuntu server linux). I then check back occasionally to make sure everything is running smoothly / has not crashed. I use the program 'superputty' to manage my ssh connections, with each machine with its own tab.

[irritant]

 

[super3]

Last night I wrote a script to run Primeminer yesterday. I can detect when you find a block, and your mine rate. I was thinking about offering it as web service, so you monitor your miners stats, and auto-relaunch them them if it crashes. These things will crash without reason, and there seems to be a new update every other day. Would anyone be interested in this?

[icedaddy]

I have a cluster of a couple of dozen PCs, the number varies depending on what ones have died and I haven't gotten around to fixing them yet. My thread count is about 120; I hope to double that by the end of the year. All are Windows 7 (I know nothing about Linux), which I have found works better that XP or 8 for mining. Some are x86 and some x64, a mix of xeon and intel q9550 processors.
Having no desire to manage a couple of dozen wallets, and not knowing how to have a cluster solo mine to a single wallet, I use beeeeer.org pool.

[Scott. S]

I am running between 7 and 13 machines, and I am pool mining on beeeeer.org (right amount of 'e's?), and I have been mining for about a week. I have made a script that I download to the machine and run, which automatically downloads and starts the miner (all my machines are ubuntu server linux). I then check back occasionally to make sure everything is running smoothly / has not crashed. I use the program 'superputty' to manage my ssh connections, with each machine with its own tab.

I want to start mining on beeeeer.org. Is there a reliable script for LInux which you may know of? I don't use Ubuntu, it's Suse. Also, should I stop utilizing my solo mining scripts on the machines if I start with pool mining? Plus how would the wallet work. Should I use just one?