1.1 billion again and it's hung up badly but started up again after an hour. Didn't get the process kill code yet but I got a feeling it's coming. Gonna let this play out and see what happens but I think this is it for me on this angle. Gonna have to get a better setup before trying again but at least I know I got the winning formula, just need the right tools to work it out.

One thing of note. While getting to 1.1 billion, it seems to have been running off the RAM because the 6 disk raid array were not blinking. Ever since the hangup, it's running much slower with less results and all 6 disks are blinking like it's Xmas.

Maybe I'll be back in a month or so. Thanx to everyone who contributed. For now I may be beaten, but I'm far from defeated.