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As a piece of anecdata: I run a Bitcoin node at home with no troubles, but I've been totally unable to sync the Ethereum chain. Trying to do so drags my compute

As a piece of anecdata: I run a Bitcoin node at home with no troubles, but I've been totally unable to sync the Ethereum chain. Trying to do so drags my computer to its knees for hours and doesn't seem to be making very much progress.

down 9y ago
prepare to be downvoted by bcash trolls..
fearface 9y ago
Not enough IOPS
- traskjd 9y ago
  That's basically it. My PC that keeps up (and can sync a month of updates in about an hour) will typically be thrashing an SSD at 55MB/s while using about 15Mbit/s internet. On an older PC I can't sync, it keeps falling further and further behind. It's got a slow old spinning rust disk. As a note, I believe the Geth devs have an update coming where they use more memory caching which saves smashing the disk so hard during sync.
- unixhero 9y ago
  The final frontier
bedane 9y ago
Same issue using geth. Switched to parity and it worked.
52-6F-62 9y ago
I recommend using Ethereum Wallet / geth in light mode. https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/669cn9/how_to_use_the_geth_light_client_in_combination/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/669cn9/how_to_use... There is an option for this in the GUI version as well. Developer > Sync with light client (beta) I couldn't sync with the full node because it would take ages + ~100 GB. Light mode has worked like a charm.
- theklub 9y ago
  How big is light mode?
  - 52-6F-62 9y ago
    I've heard reports being anywhere between 350 MB to a few gigs. Substantially smaller than the full chain, and faster.
  - magnat 9y ago
    As of today: 2.1GB
juliangoldsmith 9y ago
How are you running geth? I run "geth --cache 2048 --syncmode fast" on Linux, and that updates the blockchain fairly quickly. If you don't have the blockchain downloaded yet, I'd look for a zipped version online. You can import it locally using "geth copydb <location>".
brndnmtthws 9y ago
I gave up trying to run geth and switched to parity instead. It works, for now, but it takes longer and longer to catch up each time (I only run it occasionally for metamask).
- VoiceOfWisdom 9y ago
  Make sure and run latest parity, they just fixed a massive perf bug. https://github.com/paritytech/parity/releases/tag/v1.8.6 https://github.com/paritytech/parity/releases/tag/v1.8.6

down 9y ago

prepare to be downvoted by bcash trolls..

fearface 9y ago

Not enough IOPS

traskjd 9y ago
That's basically it. My PC that keeps up (and can sync a month of updates in about an hour) will typically be thrashing an SSD at 55MB/s while using about 15Mbit/s internet. On an older PC I can't sync, it keeps falling further and further behind. It's got a slow old spinning rust disk. As a note, I believe the Geth devs have an update coming where they use more memory caching which saves smashing the disk so hard during sync.
unixhero 9y ago
The final frontier

bedane 9y ago

Same issue using geth. Switched to parity and it worked.

52-6F-62 9y ago

I recommend using Ethereum Wallet / geth in light mode. https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/669cn9/how_to_use_the_geth_light_client_in_combination/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/669cn9/how_to_use... There is an option for this in the GUI version as well. Developer > Sync with light client (beta) I couldn't sync with the full node because it would take ages + ~100 GB. Light mode has worked like a charm.

theklub 9y ago
How big is light mode?
- 52-6F-62 9y ago
  I've heard reports being anywhere between 350 MB to a few gigs. Substantially smaller than the full chain, and faster.
- magnat 9y ago
  As of today: 2.1GB

juliangoldsmith 9y ago

How are you running geth? I run "geth --cache 2048 --syncmode fast" on Linux, and that updates the blockchain fairly quickly. If you don't have the blockchain downloaded yet, I'd look for a zipped version online. You can import it locally using "geth copydb <location>".

brndnmtthws 9y ago

I gave up trying to run geth and switched to parity instead. It works, for now, but it takes longer and longer to catch up each time (I only run it occasionally for metamask).

VoiceOfWisdom 9y ago
Make sure and run latest parity, they just fixed a massive perf bug. https://github.com/paritytech/parity/releases/tag/v1.8.6 https://github.com/paritytech/parity/releases/tag/v1.8.6