This is the first time I try to install an Ethereum client and I'm trying with Parity v1.6.6 on Arch Linux (sudo pacman -S parity).
I read that the --warp option allows to save time not syncing the whole blockchain but honestly it seems still slow for my expectations...
I'm running it from 30 minutes and it's syncing snapshot 1/158, is it normal?
Just few minutes ago it re-started from zero:
017-05-13 22:41:52 Syncing snapshot 1/158 #0 3/25/25 peers 3 MiB db 7 KiB chain 0 bytes queue 10 KiB sync RPC: 1 conn, 5 req/s, 82 µs
2017-05-13 22:41:57 Syncing snapshot 1/158 #0 3/25/25 peers 3 MiB db 7 KiB chain 0 bytes queue 10 KiB sync RPC: 2 conn, 6 req/s, 81 µs
2017-05-13 22:42:02 Syncing snapshot 1/158 #0 3/24/25 peers 3 MiB db 7 KiB chain 0 bytes queue 10 KiB sync RPC: 2 conn, 5 req/s, 70 µs
2017-05-13 22:42:07 Syncing snapshot 1/158 #0 3/24/25 peers 3 MiB db 7 KiB chain 0 bytes queue 10 KiB sync RPC: 1 conn, 6 req/s, 68 µs
2017-05-13 22:42:12 Syncing snapshot 1/158 #0 1/23/25 peers 3 MiB db 7 KiB chain 0 bytes queue 10 KiB sync RPC: 1 conn, 6 req/s, 94 µs
2017-05-13 22:42:17 Syncing snapshot 1/158 #0 1/23/25 peers 3 MiB db 7 KiB chain 0 bytes queue 10 KiB sync RPC: 1 conn, 5 req/s, 94 µs
2017-05-13 22:42:39 Imported #2 b495…98c9 (0 txs, 0.00 Mgas, 0.44 ms, 0.53 KiB) + another 1 block(s) containing 0 tx(s)
2017-05-13 22:42:43 Imported #986 a116…08bf (0 txs, 0.00 Mgas, 0.36 ms, 0.53 KiB) + another 1 block(s) containing 0 tx(s)
2017-05-13 22:42:45 Imported #1434 943b…9a56 (0 txs, 0.00 Mgas, 0.28 ms, 1.06 KiB) + another 2 block(s) containing 0 tx(s)
2017-05-13 22:42:46 Imported #1773 1dff…4535 (0 txs, 0.00 Mgas, 0.11 ms, 0.53 KiB)
2017-05-13 22:42:47 12/20/25 peers 12 MiB db 2 MiB chain 0 bytes queue 1 MiB sync RPC: 1 conn, 9 req/s, 77 µs
2017-05-13 22:42:48 Imported #2794 46f3…6a0a (0 txs, 0.00 Mgas, 0.24 ms, 1.06 KiB) + another 1 block(s) containing 0 tx(s)
2017-05-13 22:42:49 Imported #2803 a6dc…6546 (0 txs, 0.00 Mgas, 0.33 ms, 0.53 KiB) + another 2 block(s) containing 0 tx(s)
2017-05-13 22:42:51 Imported #3175 a296…c4a3 (0 txs, 0.00 Mgas, 0.12 ms, 0.53 KiB) + another 1 block(s) containing 0 tx(s)
2017-05-13 22:42:52 Imported #3556 8171…3d91 (0 txs, 0.00 Mgas, 0.11 ms, 0.53 KiB) + another 2 block(s) containing 0 tx(s)
2017-05-13 22:42:53 Imported #3562 c3de…552d (0 txs, 0.00 Mgas, 0.13 ms, 0.53 KiB)
2017-05-13 22:43:02 Syncing #5426 df06…8382 218 blk/s 0 tx/s 0 Mgas/s 284+ 0 Qed #5715 3/24/25 peers 27 MiB db 5 MiB chain 494 KiB queue 969 KiB sync RPC: 1 conn, 5 req/s, 73 µs
2017-05-13 22:43:02 Imported #5715 e06b…95fa (0 txs, 0.00 Mgas, 0.59 ms, 0.53 KiB) + another 3 block(s) containing 0 tx(s)
2017-05-13 22:43:06 Imported #5734 7d62…9da2 (0 txs, 0.00 Mgas, 0.21 ms, 0.53 KiB)
2017-05-13 22:43:07 Imported #6223 544e…07ff (0 txs, 0.00 Mgas, 0.57 ms, 0.53 KiB) + another 3 block(s) containing 0 tx(s)
2017-05-13 22:43:27 Syncing snapshot 0/158 #6249 3/20/25 peers 29 MiB db 7 MiB chain 0 bytes queue 966 KiB sync RPC: 1 conn, 5 req/s, 88 µs
2017-05-13 22:43:37 Syncing snapshot 0/158 #6249 3/23/25 peers 29 MiB db 7 MiB chain 0 bytes queue 966 KiB sync RPC: 1 conn, 7 req/s, 95 µs
2017-05-13 22:43:47 Syncing snapshot 0/158 #6249 2/23/25 peers 29 MiB db 6 MiB chain 0 bytes queue 966 KiB sync RPC: 2 conn, 5 req/s, 96 µs
2017-05-13 22:43:57 Syncing snapshot 0/158 #6249 2/22/25 peers 29 MiB db 6 MiB chain 0 bytes queue 966 KiB sync RPC: 2 conn, 5 req/s, 88 µs
2017-05-13 22:44:00 Unauthorized connection to Signer API blocked.
2017-05-13 22:44:07 Syncing snapshot 0/158 #6249 2/21/25 peers 29 MiB db 7 MiB chain 0 bytes queue 966 KiB sync RPC: 2 conn, 19 req/s, 90 µs
2017-05-13 22:44:17 Syncing snapshot 0/158 #6249 2/22/25 peers 29 MiB db 6 MiB chain 0 bytes queue 966 KiB sync RPC: 1 conn, 8 req/s, 91 µs
2017-05-13 22:44:27 Syncing snapshot 0/158 #6249 1/22/25 peers 29 MiB db 6 MiB chain 0 bytes queue 966 KiB sync RPC: 2 conn, 7 req/s, 78 µs
2017-05-13 22:44:37 Syncing snapshot 0/158 #6249 1/22/25 peers 29 MiB db 6 MiB chain 0 bytes queue 966 KiB sync RPC: 1 conn, 6 req/s, 88 µs
that
2017-05-13 22:44:00 Unauthorized connection to Signer API blocked.
concernes me, is this about some request from the Parity UI?
parity --snapshot-peers 16
which adds additional peers for warp sync.