Can you plot direct to an SMR?
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Or do you have to plot direct to a non-SMR first and then move it over?
What do you use to move the plot file? The optimizer software?
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You can plot directly using xplotter. It will just take a while.
Cheers!
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@mhminer And the meaning of "take a while", for 8TB it can be 2 weeks.
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No kidding! :)
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Can I plot direct with the gpu plotter? I set up my 1060 to plot and it was up to like 30k/sec but it seemed to freeze at 0.02%.
And if I did use gpu instead, will it still take 2 weeks?
I split the gpu into 3 bats with 64 core/640mb and it was flying at 30k on all 3 at once. Then it froze at 0.02% like when I was solo gpu plotting.
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@mhminer Update to the latest version of the GPU miner, and run it is administrator. It'll get rid of the huge initial delay.
However, in direct mode, you still have the same issue as xplotter - the SMR random write performance is horrible. Yes, you could be looking at upto two weeks to plot it.
If you have another non-SMR drive available, plot to that, and then move it to the SMR drive. It'll be faster.
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Thanks @haitch. I have an 8TB Ironwolf in a syno that im not using that I can plot to. But I'm trying to figure out the most efficient way to get all three non-SMR drives plotted as quick as I can with only one non-SMR.
Just reselling the drives for a loss and buying SMR drives is starting to sound appealing.
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Also thanks @haitch running as admin jumped right past the 0.02 on all 3 bats. Averaging about 14k on 3 drives at once
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@mhminer said in Can you plot direct to an SMR?:
Just reselling the drives for a loss and buying SMR drives is starting to sound appealing.
Buying SMR? I'd avoid them like the plague. If you're US based: https://forums.burst-team.us/topic/6215/bulk-purchase
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lol I meant non-SMR
I just had some sake, it'll cross wires in my brain =D
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@mhminer said in Can you plot direct to an SMR?:
lol I meant non-SMR
I just had some sake, it'll cross wires in my brain =DLOL - I can relate.
