Hello forum, apologies for the barrage but I have a few questions regarding multi plot files and multi hdd mining.
1. Multiple FilesOk so I have my first hdd plotting and mining away without issue (touches all the wood, no homo)
If this my first plot file:
generate <ID> 0 10000000 8191 6
and supposing that it ends dead on 10E6
,will I start the following file as:
generate <ID> 10000000 10000000 8191 6
,or:
generate <ID> 10000001 10000000 8191 6
1.1.Will the miner continue to the next file by itself or must I restart and where would it restart from should I restart the miner at anytime anyway?
2. Multiple HDDsWhen I start plotting on a new hdd, do I start the plot from 0 again.
i.e. generate <ID> 0 10000000 8191 6
,or do I begin from where this first hdd will finish?
Since I read a post a couple of pages back that would suggest the latter, does that mean that the start point is arbitrary and what does that mean for a plot section that has already been mined?
3. From http://burstcoin.info/faq.php This is question 4 (and 9) on the FAQ and seems to be contradicted by question 16, which states that the best method is by using a mining instance for each drive.
Can I have multiple files in my plots folder?
Yes, you can even create symlinks to other drives, letting you mine with just 1 instance.Is there any advantage to this over mining from two+ plot files independently?
I suppose what I am asking here really is how much of an impact will dividing CPU and RAM usage between two mining instances affect the mining rate.
Is this as simple as it looks,
i.e.
1 miner runs at 100% of processing power provided.
2 miners run at 50% each of total processing provided over 2 separate plot ranges
,meaning that the efficiency is the same in both cases.
Thank you to anyone who takes the time to provide some answers here.
Ava