Hello, I was just thinking, instead of burning consumer ssds or spending a lot for the enterprise or datacentre ones why not try this:
- connecting multiple smaller Hdd’s (let’s say 1TB) into RAID 0 to increase the overall read and write speeds
- obtaining Intel Optane SSD which will work as a cache for those drives (lets say I can borrow it for couple of weeks, not buying for now…)
- start plotting
the questions are
- is the RAID 0 limited by the sata III speed, meaning it can do max 600Mb/s ?
(I see some people saying 380mb/s is max but some who report 600mbs so idk…) - what is the required speed for processing 1 plot? so I can calculate how many can possibly run in parallel there
- hopefully, the IntelOptane could provide a speed up for number of plots based on its total capacity so lets say 1.5TB optane could speed up 6 plots in parallel? (EDIT: lol it must be more… if not you can directly use just the Optane ssd and don’t need to care about the hdds
) - bonus question - I had a discussion about similliar thing with a guy in Fb chia group and he came up with idea how to use his 48x 2.5 leftover hdds, can it be possible? (check the photo)
thanks for any suggestions
the only non-eco thing about chia is burning the ssds though 