what harddrive should i get to mine with
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so i just started burst after watching adams youtube video and im thinking about buying so externals i dont know whichone to buy though any suggestions?
im thinking
https://www.amazon.com/12TB-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBLWE0120JCH-NESN/dp/B00LEF28CI/ref=sr_1_10?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1465551582&sr=1-10&keywords=wd+external+hard+drive&refinements=p_n_feature_two_browse-bin%3A5446816011or 2 of these
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEEBW/ref=psdc_595048_t1_B00LEF28CImoneys kind of tight.
thanks!
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- WD 12TB (2x6TB) = 500$
- Seagate Expansion 5TB = 130$ or 4*5Tb = 20Tb = 520$ - best choice
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and its quite important that you have access to every single physical drive, raid is not the best choice for mining speed.
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@luxe so do you think the wd 12 tb is the better choice? or do you have other suggestions that wouldnt break the bank? thanks!
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The 12tb supports JBOD, so you can configure it to access every single drive.
I'm just checking e.g. this http://geizhals.eu/?cat=hdx&xf=5588_HDD~339_3.5"~840_USB+3.0 to get a overview on prices.
Like Blago said ... price/TB is what you should look at first.
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@luxe thanks for the info also 1 more question sorry im super noobie at this. so if i buy more drives do i have to plot them agian? or can i copy and paste the plots on my other drives to the new ones?
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@Blago thanks i think im going to go with the the seagate is there any better drives you would suggest?
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You have to plot them, duplicate existing does not work.
But there is software that can speed up plotting, like https://forums.burst-team.us/topic/58/gpu-plot-generator-v4-0-3-win-linux/2
Plotting is perfect explained in deep in this video:
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@luxe wow such quick replys Thanks agian! once i get my drives its mining time!
