Error when plotting "error creating stream for file"

SvenE

Hi,

I just installed the Burst Client for Win v0.3.8.1 and I want to plot my WD My Book external hard disk (500 GB in first plot). When I run the plotter I'm getting the following error message...
Command prompt will open (XPlotter v1.0 for BURST) giving error "error creating stream for file e:\burst\plots..."
I checked the path and this is for sure correct. My Java version is 8 Update 121.
File system is exFAT.

Thanks for your input.

haitch

@SvenE You need to reformat as NTFS to be able to use XPlotter.

vExact

@SvenE and according to what @Blago has suggested better use 64KB as allocation unit size, it should write faster that using 4092B

Blago

@SvenE You may use XPlotter at exFAT (errors - nevermind), but then plotting can't be interrupted, need make plot at once

SvenE

Problem is that nothing really happens and no plot is generated. When I plot some space in NTFS mode then it does work indeed.
So I'll reformat my WD hard disk to NTFS (exFAT was the default).

Does somebody now if there's a difference in reading speed (Mb/s) between an NTFS format or exFAT once the plot is done? I have another hard disk (exFAT format) where I did plotting on an older Windows BURST GUI client and I'm wondering if there would be any added value to reformat that drive also?

Thanks all for your assistance!

Blago

@SvenE said in Error when plotting "error creating stream for file":

Does somebody now if there's a difference in reading speed (Mb/s) between an NTFS format or exFAT once the plot is done?

Please check it and compare it for us

evolver

NTFS can handle up to 16TB, MAC OS can't write to it, but read
exFAT can handle up to 512TB, it is an universal format and it's future save

so why getting an Stream creation error with XPlotter_avx?

haitch

@evolver NTFS can handle 256TB - 64 KB. exFat does not support stream files that XPlotter uses to be able to be resumed.

evolver

because of me... i get the infos from this video:
http://praxistipps.chip.de/ntfs-fat-oder-exfat-die-unterschiede-der-dateisysteme_31426

haitch

@evolver I don't speak german, so don't understand the video.

But with NTFS in Windows 7 and Server 2008 the Max File Size for NTFS was 16TB - in Windows 8 and later and Server 2012 it's 256TB - 64KB.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS

Blago

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ee681827(v=vs.85).aspx

Burstde

With exFat formatted drive, I will move a small plot file to it and see if I can mine from it instead of trying to plot one to exFat