Pro-Tip: If you're mining STEEM on Azure, use the South Central US Region by lurker1

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mining · @lurker1 · Jul 23 '16 (edited)

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Pro-Tip: If you're mining STEEM on Azure, use the South Central US Region

![regionselectionb3ffd.png](https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/07/23/regionselectionb3ffd.png)
Virtual Machines deployed in the South Central US Region can be more than 10% cheaper to run (depending on configuration) than the same machine deployed in regions like e.g., East US and West US.

# Proof
Here we see a  DS15_V2 sized virtual machine running up a $1,237.27 monthly tab in the South Central US region:
![Cost of DS15_V2 VM in South Central US region](https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/07/23/southcentralus9db50.png)

The same machine in the East US region has a much better view, and higher rent, with a monthly tab running $1378.63.
![East US Pricing](https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/07/23/eastus3b842.png)

# So what does that buy me in terms of hash rate?
Well, if you really want to pay that much monthly, you will be seeing a hash rate of about ~104,000 hps with 20 cores running on top of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS image from the Azure Marketplace (for roughly $1.66 per hour).

[![Mining Results](https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/07/23/2016-07-22_23-29-540d115.png)](https://www.steemimg.com/image/AADO3)

If you want to get started for free ($200 worth of free azure utilization), see the following links:
* [Free $200 Azure Credit](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/)
* [How to setup a miner](https://steem.io/documentation/how-to-mine/)

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@ben99 · Jul 23 '16

Thanks for sharing bro :)

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@cloh76 · Jul 23 '16

I wrote a guide to use the Free trial of Azure to setup steem mining
https://steemit.com/mining/@cloh76/guide-steem-mining-for-free-using-microsoft-azure

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@zuarzalfa · Jul 23 '16

Give me link
I like it
How much hash if algo cryptonight?

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@lurker1 · Jul 23 '16

Here you go, you get $200 free compute time right off the bat:
* [Free $200 Azure Credit](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/)
* [How to setup a miner](https://steem.io/documentation/how-to-mine/)

👍 lurker1, lurker10

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