Getting container jobs

Container jobs are the best-paying work on Salad. They run inside an isolated container environment on your PC, so the workload never touches your Windows installation. The Salad app fetches and runs them automatically when Salad is Chopping, one is available for your hardware, and your machine is set up correctly.

What my PC needs

To be offered container jobs, your machine must meet all of these:

• An in-demand GPU - check the Network Monitor. Even a top-end card gets few container jobs when there is no demand for it.
• One dedicated GPU. Integrated graphics can't run container jobs, and Salad only uses one GPU per machine; see Can I use multiple GPUs?.
• 16 GB or more of system RAM. (32GB or more is recommended, especially on high-end hardware)
• 70 GB or more free on your C: drive. Container jobs are large and Salad can't use another drive.
• Virtualization enabled in your BIOS/UEFI; see How to enable virtualization support on your machine.
• The container environment (WSL) installed. Salad sets it up during onboarding; see What is WSL? if it reports a problem.
• A download speed of at least 20 Mbps. Faster is better: jobs are downloaded before they run. See What is the minimum recommended internet speed for Salad?.
• Salad actively Chopping with nothing else using the GPU. Container jobs don't run while you are using games or other GPU programs.

The Chopping Power bar in the app shows which of these your machine still needs.

Container jobs are not guaranteed

Jobs are assigned based on customer demand for your hardware, so there is no fixed wait time. When demand for your GPU is low you wait longer in "Finding Job". While no container job is available, Salad falls back to bandwidth sharing or cryptomining if you are opted in and compatible.

If you are not getting container jobs at all, work through Not getting container jobs. If there is simply no demand for your hardware, consider pausing Salad and setting up a demand alert so you know when to start again.