PlotsChecker (not for XPlotter!)
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My apologies, I should have included exact numbers. The drive i'm using is 8tb(Actual capacity 7.27tb), 363gb remaining and the plot size is 6.91tb. So since your calculation works in that case, is my file ok?
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@Schoolsalesman Whats the file name and file size ?
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@haitch
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx_6963200_28999680_28999680
6.91 tb file size
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@Schoolsalesman Based on that filename, the plot file should be exactly: 7,602,092,113,920 Bytes. Check the file properties - if it's not EXACTLY that number, something went wrong with the plot.
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@haitch
6.91 TB (7,600,282,271,744 bytes).... so I have to replot? :( optimizing a plot doesn't make the size a bit smaller or anything?
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@Schoolsalesman Nope, you have to replot. Optimizing changes the order of the nonces, but not the size of the file. Check the properties of the disk and get the number of bytes it has - the most common plotting error is setting too high a nonce count and the plotter tries to plot more than 100% of the drive. The plotter will always plot a multiple of the stagger - so <number of nonces> * 262144 must be less than disk size in bytes, and <number of nonces> div <stagger> must = 0.
To calculate the correct number of nonces:
floor((<drive size in bytes> / 262144) / <stagger>) * <stagger>
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So is the file useless? Because when jminer runs through the plot it still finds and submits nonces from what I can tell... If replotting would only make a 100% cohesive nonce sequence instead of 95+%, could I get away with just letting this plot file be? It takes like 4-5 days to plot 8tb so I'd really rather avoid that if possible. What do you think the possible reasons could be for the bad plot file? I intend to use jminer again and wouldn't want to put in 5 days for the same result.
Also, thanks a lot for answering my questions.
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@Schoolsalesman The file is potentially 99% complete, or 5% complete - there's no way of knowing. If it's 95% complete, there will be some targets you can't mine, but all others should be fine.
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Alright, I'm gonna keep it for now then. By the way, am I right about my nonce calculations? ie if I want to plot my 8tb drive, i start from 35,962,880? Because the the last file started at 6963200 and had 28999680 nonces plotted. My friend is telling me I start at 35962880+1, but I believe otherwise
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@Schoolsalesman You're correct, your friend is wrong.
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@Schoolsalesman said in PlotsChecker (not for XPlotter!):
If I want to plot my 8tb drive, i start from 35,962,880? Because the the last file started at 6963200 and had 28999680 nonces plotted. My friend is telling me I start at 35962880+1, but I believe otherwise.
Afaik, there's no penalty for having a gap betwixt your nonces, but there is a loss of burst-mining capacity for an overlap. So why not just start plotting at the next (convenient & memorable) round number?
