# \[heads up\] AWS/Google Cloud mining **URL:** \ **Category:** Mining\ **Created:** [October 11, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/heads-up-aws-google-cloud-mining/2468 "2016-10-11T06:43:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![przeor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/przeor/32/639_2.png) [@przeor](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/przeor)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/heads-up-aws-google-cloud-mining/2468/1 "2016-10-11T06:43:50Z")
Hi Guys, Does it make sense at all to mine on the cloud? I am thinking about hiring dedicated servers VS. cloud mining. I will be grateful for any insights from more experienced miners. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![trolloniex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/trolloniex/32/2833_2.png) [@trolloniex](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/trolloniex)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/heads-up-aws-google-cloud-mining/2468/2 "2016-10-11T08:46:03Z")
With the current zcashd miner dedicated servers won’t give you much H/s 0.11H/s on a c4.large 0.088 on a m4.large 0.1h/s would cost you ~$30 for 6 months (cloud mining contracts) vs ~$600 for 12 months on AWS ---
**Author:** ![abromide](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/abromide/32/731_2.png) [@abromide](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/abromide)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/heads-up-aws-google-cloud-mining/2468/3 "2016-10-11T08:52:44Z")
Is it really 10x more expensive per h/s ?? That’s incredible ---
**Author:** ![trolloniex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/trolloniex/32/2833_2.png) [@trolloniex](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/trolloniex)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/heads-up-aws-google-cloud-mining/2468/4 "2016-10-11T08:53:22Z")
For a reserved instance yes ---
**Author:** ![abromide](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/abromide/32/731_2.png) [@abromide](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/abromide)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/heads-up-aws-google-cloud-mining/2468/5 "2016-10-11T08:53:49Z")
Are you referencing toomin brothers or zeropond? or something else ---
**Author:** ![trolloniex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/trolloniex/32/2833_2.png) [@trolloniex](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/trolloniex)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/heads-up-aws-google-cloud-mining/2468/6 "2016-10-11T09:06:45Z")
0.0312BTC for 0.1H/s from Zeropond (6 months) Minimum 0.2H/s 0.018BTC for 0.1H/s from Toomim (3 months) ---
**Author:** ![przeor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/przeor/32/639_2.png) [@przeor](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/przeor)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/heads-up-aws-google-cloud-mining/2468/7 "2016-10-11T09:41:02Z")
> [@trolloniex](#): > > 0.11H/s on a c4.large > 0.088 on a m4.large How did you calculated those numbers? ---
**Author:** ![trolloniex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/trolloniex/32/2833_2.png) [@trolloniex](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/trolloniex)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/heads-up-aws-google-cloud-mining/2468/8 "2016-10-11T09:45:07Z")
I tested with the internal benchmark myself running both types of servers ~0.055 per core c4.large with gen=0 so mining is disabled ~0.045 per core m4.large with gen=0 so mining is disabled I tested both genproclimit=1 and genproclimit=2 ---
**Author:** ![jshen9393](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jshen9393](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/jshen9393)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/heads-up-aws-google-cloud-mining/2468/9 "2016-11-04T13:27:30Z")
My account on Google Cloud got suspended. I suspect its due to the consistently high CPU usage on a small server (1 CPU) which is probably consistent with spammers. I did this mainly to get an introduction with crypto mining and hosting the wallet. It doesn’t seem economically feasible to mine in the cloud. At the current rate I was yielding approximately 50 cents a day (zcash at $500). ---
**Author:** ![jshen9393](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jshen9393](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/jshen9393)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/heads-up-aws-google-cloud-mining/2468/10 "2016-11-04T13:28:23Z")
This figure is with 9 core total. ---
**Author:** ![adaseb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@adaseb](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/adaseb)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/heads-up-aws-google-cloud-mining/2468/11 "2016-11-04T14:31:08Z")
No profit with AWS mining.