0, Seed ║ Came across a piece of news about a free weekend try for ESO
·Checked out the system requirements, lo and behold 67gb of disk space is the barrier ·That plus the Internet down/up speeds of my ISP leads to a...
Perfect opportunity for a cloud computing stress test!
Today ,we have so many possibilities to aid us with our tasks ·I would like to share with you a possibility!
This is one of it
Background
There has been extensive write-ups on how cloud computing benefits from the decrease in GPU accessibility due to 'cryto mining' ·Briefly ,other segments of GPU users are being sidelined due to trade forces ·This is the flow of events unfolding ·This post witnesses the reaction and reveals possible workarounds to overcome that very issue.
1.1 Reaction ║
"67 Gig download = 1+ Days!!
Implement Streaming you lazy devs!" thread
@Croc.tv politely suggests play-as-you-load feature to allow him ,a respected potential customer/client/child to lower the technical barrier that presents itself. Do not mess with the wrath of Australians!
1.2 Challenge ║ 85gb download would take 1+ days as mentioned in the ·#reaction section ·would the internet speed in silicon valley be utilized to overcome this?
1.7 Planning ║
Past recorded down/up speeds on »virtual« machine has been measured to be 600-750↑↓MBps ,fluctuating within that range
Recent speed test run on °local machine has been measured to be 45↑|40↓MBps (;highest peak measurement
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│°Local Machine stats :
│Machine Type :Asus Model K43S (5 years old
│GPU :Nvidia GeForce GT520M | Outdated
│CPU :Intel Corei7-2630QM (4) | Outdated
│RAM :4GB | Outdated
│Region :Singapore | South East-Asia
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│»Virtual« Machine stats :
│Machine Type: P6000 hourly
│Region: CA1
│Private IP:
│spoiler!
│Public IP: n/a
│RAM: 30 GB
│CPUs: 8
│HD: 159.6 GB / 250 GB ← w0t??
│GPU: 24 GB
│Network: Paperspace
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1.9 Trials ║
- Insufficient space was discovered ,removed another application of large file size :COH2.exe ⇒100GB made available after
— Unable to maintain multiple large file applications on virtual machine (depends on size opt-in - Rough mental calculations based on shown down/up speed of Steam client of 37MBps ,we draw...
— 37MBps × 60 = ~1GBpm → 1hour+ for full application download completion - °Local internet acting up ,causing freeze of Parsec window application and Facebook Live mobile app pause
—multiple windows opened on °local and »virtual« | most notably OBS studio x64 on »virtual«
—Steam app froze on »virtual« | in-app draw down trays responsive ,main in-app window still frozen solid
— opened Paperspace browser client to determine »virtual« status ⇒similar freeze status
— Parsec completely unresponsive (black screen) ,forced Alt+F4
— opened Task Manager on »virtual« and found »virtual« CPU @90% utilization! | 50MBps Hard Disk R:W - Windows update reminder rant¹
- City-state Internet infrastructure rant³
" Computers need not to be told what to do. We just instruct them to download 85gb of data and they go at the maximum. When they work at their best ,just let them do their thing. They will let you know when it s done. Do not push them off the edge "
2.0 Demonstration ║
Full unedited footage
Highlights
2.5 Justifications ║
"would i wait for a day or an hour?„
"is 2USD on the installation alone worth it?„
"is 10-20USD playtime the right trade for this FREE weekend deal?„
"am i a casual gamer?„
"is this MMORPG sh!t? ...or no?„
3.0 Results ║
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│Total Up-time :0:01:04:57 D:HH:MM:SS
│Estimated Download-time :~45:00 MM:SS
│Application File Size downloaded :67GB
│°Local Internet Re-Measured 15MBps↓
│Steam app unfrozen
│To proceed Application Run
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