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> Chia plotting is extremely I/O intensive and destroys most SSDs in under a few weeks I need to look into this more, but I think this is an implementation iss
by jl2718 5y ago
> Chia plotting is extremely I/O intensive and destroys most SSDs in under a few weeks
I need to look into this more, but I think this is an implementation issue. It should buffer in RAM to require only one write pass.
Edit: I was wrong. They set a minimum k that wouldn’t easily fit in ram.
- VectorLock 5y agoNow you just need terabytes of RAM.
- mvanaltvorst 5y agoYou need a relatively large amount of storage space for plotting, more than most RAM disks. It has proven to be more cost effective to consume SSD's than to use slower HDD's or a RAM disk.
- deepserket 5y agoit is possible, the problem is just that you need around 240GiB of temporary memory
- cookguyruffles 5y agoAny idea why the minimum plot size needs to be so damn huge? Really killed the attractiveness of the whole scheme for me
- retzkek 5y agoIf the plot were smaller there's the risk that someone could calculate plots "on the fly" within the 30-second claim window, thus reducing Chia to proof-of-work (or even breaking it entirely? the "green" paper [1] is a bit too dense for me). It's expected and planned that k will have to increase to 33 in a few years to stay ahead. [1]: https://www.chia.net/assets/ChiaGreenPaper.pdf https://www.chia.net/assets/ChiaGreenPaper.pdf