Thanks for the quick reply. I guess I am overthinking my starting nonces. I feel like they are totally basic and typical for someone who has no idea what to do lol. Suppose the starting nonces really dont matter unless they are overlapping?

So i have been mining for about two weeks now working with the drives I have until the ones I ordered to be delivered. Currently, I am using 8 drives; three 500gb, two 1TB and three 2TB. Each of these are separately plotted by the nonces I will post below. I used xplotter to plot each drive.

BURST1 - 500000001 1TB

BURST2 - 300000001 500GB

BURST3 - 700000001 2TB

BURST4 - 200000001 2TB

BURST5 - 400000001 2TB

BURST6 - 600000001 1TB

BURST7 - 800000001 500GB

BURST8 - 900000001 500GB

Am I on the right track with this setup?

Is it a good idea to plot a whole 8TB drive as a whole or divide it up into like 2-4TB chunks?

Apologize for the nooby question, information on this subject is awfully scattered or unclear.