Plotting 8Tb WD external drive....wish me luck
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@tomahawkeer Nope, the miner knows about it, as soon as the plotter unlocks it'll be used for mining.
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@tomahawkeer i am at work and checked in via teamviewer to see the errors dissapeared.. i will probably reboot entire computer when i get back before i start to plot again..
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okay i lied.. i started plotting again remotely.. im so savage i couldnt help it. who needs a reboot..!?
@haitch should i reboot miner to include the new plot i am working on now or is it not worth it.
the one with errors no longer gives errors as the plotter "releases memory" it looks like it is finding deadlines and mining well.. should i reboot miner to include the newest file and get the errors until its done again?
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@darindarin said in Plotting 8Tb WD external drive....wish me luck:
okay i lied.. i started plotting again remotely.. im so savage i couldnt help it. who needs a reboot..!?
@haitch should i reboot miner to include the new plot i am working on now or is it not worth it.
the one with errors no longer gives errors as the plotter "releases memory" it looks like it is finding deadlines and mining well.. should i reboot miner to include the newest file and get the errors until its done again?The miner seemed to pick up the new plot with new errors..the allocated size of the file has not shown in the pool but i am not concerned.
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@darindarin I purchased the same drive. Due to arrive today.
I was told to use the Xplotter in software section??
Please keep us posted. I will be trying the same later today.
Thanks
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@PETENICE I am using the xplotter in the wallet plotting with my cpu (open wallet.. click "start plotting" on the bottom).. its taking a while. I started doing it in a whole single file but it felt wrong so i deleted to start smaller plots.. first plot was 2tb.. was about 24-30 hours.. second plot was 1tb and took about 12-14 hours.... this morning i started another 1tb plot and hope it can be done by the time i go to bed. GL on your project..let us know how it goes.
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Bite the bullet, allow Xplotter to do its thing for several days. Trust me, you don't want to end up with 150TB that you are re-plotting like me to make sure that your plots are all good and optimized....
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@darindarin I am using Xplotter as well.
Worked just fine after I formatted the HD.
Oops.
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@darindarin I went for it all. Not sure if it was the right choice. I am at 8% plotted after 24 hours on 8tb HD
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@PETENICE nice! .. keep us updated :)
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@darindarin at 23% today!!!
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@darindarin hey brother.
At 38% today
Working much faster now that block chain download finished. Then I realized I did need to do block chain for pool mining.
I am learning like I always do. Trial and error.
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@PETENICE i am finishing up my last 1.6tb plot.. im only using 3 cores this time so i can use the computer while i plot.. 4 cores takes the life right out of the computer and how i plotted everything else..
i will say i am somewhat jealous you are plotting the entire drive in one file. wish i did that even if only 2 or 3 cores to keep computer functioning. i dont see this being my last external harddrive.. so trial and error for me too... im excited for you to start mining next...
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@darindarin I earned 115 burst yesterday with 284gb. I am hooked.
Not bad for free space laying around.
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I was done plotting earlier today and forgot to post..
Now i am getting a deadline almost everytime!Plotting slows down my read speeds and now that i am done i expect to hit more deadlines in a timely fashion improving my gains.
Hope my experience can help someone in the future.
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If i compare your screenshot with mine, then i see you have faster reads then i do. How can i improve that?
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@darindarin said in Plotting 8Tb WD external drive....wish me luck:
[...] im only using 3 cores this time [...]
You can set the number of cores on the fly .
http://www.windowscentral.com/assign-specific-processor-cores-apps-windows-10
So you can use 4 cores while sleeping and let´s say 2 cores while you are using the computer :)
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How is the performance of the drive? I am deciding to buy myself one of these WD 8TB soon as I get my payment and if the device work good I will order like 11 more of them :D
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@pr0cesor i love it.. newegg has it for 209 after a 10% coupon they advertise for you ..
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@frere i believe that is the cpu hardware.. i have 16gb ram and sandybridge mother board.. im not that computer saavy my brother built this machine for me almost 5 years ago and its great to this day



