Mad Max Plotter, some test results, some general info

Yes on server have this so will just setup one ram drive of 250mb ram that will do all work.
Yea linux is must.

I’m curious, my plotting time is 65 minutes, but I believe it should be faster?

Threadripper 2920x
64GB RAM
2tb Samsung 970 EVO Plus (on B:)

-n 1 -r 14 -u 256 -t B:\ -d G:\ -f [KEY] -c [KEY]

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Use this:
-n 1 -r 24 -u 512 v- 128 -t B:\ -d G:\ -f [KEY] -c [KEY]

No idea whats up.

This is the log of my previous plot:

Final Directory: G:\
Number of Plots: 1
Crafting plot 1 out of 1
Process ID: 22072
Number of Threads: 14
Number of Buckets P1:    2^8 (256)
Number of Buckets P3+P4: 2^8 (256)
Pool Puzzle Hash:  XXX
Farmer Public Key: XXX
Working Directory:   B:\
Working Directory 2: B:\
Plot Name: plot-k32-2021-07-21-12-28-c512fXX0ba4a1b00XXXX9c133bfda5761b5c508027d6751
[P1] Table 1 took 24.1335 sec
[P1] Table 2 took 178.221 sec, found 4294965268 matches
[P1] Table 3 took 206.236 sec, found 4294973874 matches
[P1] Table 4 took 320.151 sec, found 4294973633 matches
[P1] Table 5 took 267.194 sec, found 4294824470 matches
[P1] Table 6 took 252.206 sec, found 4294739076 matches
[P1] Table 7 took 174.347 sec, found 4294469303 matches
Phase 1 took 1422.95 sec
[P2] max_table_size = 4294973874
[P2] Table 7 scan took 17.4403 sec
[P2] Table 7 rewrite took 63.228 sec, dropped 0 entries (0 %)
[P2] Table 6 scan took 52.6891 sec
[P2] Table 6 rewrite took 65.7862 sec, dropped 581323065 entries (13.5357 %)
[P2] Table 5 scan took 48.023 sec
[P2] Table 5 rewrite took 63.0273 sec, dropped 761939703 entries (17.7409 %)
[P2] Table 4 scan took 46.665 sec
[P2] Table 4 rewrite took 61.2408 sec, dropped 828895060 entries (19.2992 %)
[P2] Table 3 scan took 44.3296 sec
[P2] Table 3 rewrite took 61.0441 sec, dropped 855091565 entries (19.9091 %)
[P2] Table 2 scan took 41.316 sec
[P2] Table 2 rewrite took 61.1046 sec, dropped 865544710 entries (20.1525 %)
Phase 2 took 640.763 sec
Wrote plot header with 252 bytes
[P3-1] Table 2 took 100.892 sec, wrote 3429420558 right entries
[P3-2] Table 2 took 68.6621 sec, wrote 3429420558 left entries, 3429420558 final
[P3-1] Table 3 took 91.6018 sec, wrote 3439882309 right entries
[P3-2] Table 3 took 54.2652 sec, wrote 3439882309 left entries, 3439882309 final
[P3-1] Table 4 took 101 sec, wrote 3466078573 right entries
[P3-2] Table 4 took 55.1062 sec, wrote 3466078573 left entries, 3466078573 final
[P3-1] Table 5 took 104.784 sec, wrote 3532884767 right entries
[P3-2] Table 5 took 55.3732 sec, wrote 3532884767 left entries, 3532884767 final
[P3-1] Table 6 took 108.668 sec, wrote 3713416011 right entries
[P3-2] Table 6 took 59.7744 sec, wrote 3713416011 left entries, 3713416011 final
[P3-1] Table 7 took 108.422 sec, wrote 4294469303 right entries
[P3-2] Table 7 took 85.7387 sec, wrote 4294469303 left entries, 4294469303 final
Phase 3 took 998.655 sec, wrote 21876151521 entries to final plot
[P4] Starting to write C1 and C3 tables
[P4] Finished writing C1 and C3 tables
[P4] Writing C2 table
[P4] Finished writing C2 table
Phase 4 took 618.721 sec, final plot size is 108829267116 bytes
Total plot creation time was 3681.2 sec (61.3533 min)```

And this with the recommended setup:

Final Directory: G:\
Number of Plots: 1
Crafting plot 1 out of 1
Process ID: 30796
Number of Threads: 24
Number of Buckets P1:    2^9 (512)
Number of Buckets P3+P4: 2^7 (128)
Pool Puzzle Hash:  XXX
Farmer Public Key: XXX
Working Directory:   B:\
Working Directory 2: B:\
Plot Name: plot-k32-2021-07-21-16-49-644af0020520091XXX3dee9f9823c996967a5a1XXX109a43
[P1] Table 1 took 20.3684 sec
[P1] Table 2 took 139.537 sec, found 4294917010 matches
[P1] Table 3 took 205.112 sec, found 4294843762 matches
[P1] Table 4 took 236.873 sec, found 4294696457 matches
[P1] Table 5 took 244.381 sec, found 4294349873 matches
[P1] Table 6 took 212.883 sec, found 4293678329 matches
[P1] Table 7 took 275.23 sec, found 4292315166 matches
Phase 1 took 1335.14 sec
[P2] max_table_size = 4294967296
[P2] Table 7 scan took 74.5983 sec
[P2] Table 7 rewrite took 147.881 sec, dropped 0 entries (0 %)
[P2] Table 6 scan took 51.8156 sec
[P2] Table 6 rewrite took 111.404 sec, dropped 581492363 entries (13.543 %)
[P2] Table 5 scan took 46.3045 sec
[P2] Table 5 rewrite took 109.4 sec, dropped 762152758 entries (17.7478 %)
[P2] Table 4 scan took 41.8906 sec
[P2] Table 4 rewrite took 109.026 sec, dropped 829004705 entries (19.303 %)
[P2] Table 3 scan took 37.2824 sec
[P2] Table 3 rewrite took 110.792 sec, dropped 855159997 entries (19.9113 %)
[P2] Table 2 scan took 31.8687 sec
[P2] Table 2 rewrite took 114.747 sec, dropped 865582939 entries (20.1537 %)
Phase 2 took 1001.71 sec
Wrote plot header with 252 bytes
[P3-1] Table 2 took 66.7349 sec, wrote 3429334071 right entries
[P3-2] Table 2 took 55.4126 sec, wrote 3429334071 left entries, 3429334071 final
[P3-1] Table 3 took 76.4611 sec, wrote 3439683765 right entries
[P3-2] Table 3 took 53.5691 sec, wrote 3439683765 left entries, 3439683765 final
[P3-1] Table 4 took 103.435 sec, wrote 3465691752 right entries
[P3-2] Table 4 took 62.6237 sec, wrote 3465691752 left entries, 3465691752 final
[P3-1] Table 5 took 104.413 sec, wrote 3532197115 right entries
[P3-2] Table 5 took 60.9503 sec, wrote 3532197115 left entries, 3532197115 final
[P3-1] Table 6 took 104.804 sec, wrote 3712185966 right entries
[P3-2] Table 6 took 61.9571 sec, wrote 3712185966 left entries, 3712185966 final
[P3-1] Table 7 took 176.07 sec, wrote 4292315166 right entries
[P3-2] Table 7 took 82.7673 sec, wrote 4292315166 left entries, 4292315166 final
Phase 3 took 1012.92 sec, wrote 21871407835 entries to final plot
[P4] Starting to write C1 and C3 tables
[P4] Finished writing C1 and C3 tables
[P4] Writing C2 table
[P4] Finished writing C2 table
Phase 4 took 631.968 sec, final plot size is 108800439154 bytes
Total plot creation time was 3982.2 sec (66.3701 min)```

Some parts were a lot faster, others a lot slower.

Not sure what the matter.

I would look closer at the working SSD disks. Use 2 different disks, 1 for directory 1 and 1 for directory 2. Two completly different disks, not just two different partitions.
Like below:


-n 1 -r 24 -u 512 v- 128 -t TheLessImportantDirectory:\ -2 MostImportantDirecotryTheFastestSSD:\ -d G:\ -f [KEY] -c [KEY]

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Thanks for the tip. I dont have another SSD to use, tho. Only the one my OS is on - and another in an USB-C encasing, which I guess wouldnt do much good here :slight_smile:

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hallo! help please
.\chia_plot.exe -n 1 -r 22 -u 512 v- 128 -t C:\Chia -2 D:\ -d L:\ -f 9514fda777075ab92c3a10b0b9********* -c xch17ugvzq04z9wxgwth8y**********

write : Invalid poolkey: 00000000, ‘poolkey’ (needs to be 48 bytes, see chia keys show)

what needs to be done to make it work? thanks in advance

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Are you using the latest version of Madmax? If not, delete and re-install fresh from Github

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yes, I used the latest version yesterday downloaded

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Which version did you download, you’re on Windows, right?
Maybe it’s an old release or something like that?

Can’t think of any other reason why it would be complaining about a poolkey missing

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But I myself cannot understand for a day already, I’ve been racking my head …

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Think simple. Try these, one of them may work.


  1. There is a missing parametre
  2. put -f *** and -c *** before others

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But if I use just one ram disk drive it should be bigger than stated in mad max log (220)… I rem peak is about 260-270 if using one drive for all 4 phases… need to find that info again in order to know how much ram to get…

Thank you very much!!!

I did this change and improved the plot in around 40% using an NVME

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I have two systems running, using same -u 256 and -v 128 but one with Windows 10 Pro and another is ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop.

Windows 10 Pro 2 x E5-2680V4 256GB RAM (28 Core no-hyper-treading), Temp1 Intel P3600 2TB and Temp 2 Intel P3700 1.6TB, I get a plot about 39min.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop 4 x E5-4660V4 521Gb RAM (64 core no-HT), temp 1 and Temp 2 using RAMdisk, can get a plot a about 30min.

This seen that the 4 x E5-4660V4 is not performance as good as the 2 x E5-2680V4 in Windows 10, why?

Thanks.

As t1 and t2 you use one ram disk ? Or you mounted two of them? If 2 ram disk mounted try mount only one ram disk and do all in same t1 and t2.

Thanks for the advise. Will change to only 1 RAMdisk.

Sorry, please advise what is the size of the RAMdisk I should set. Thanks.

Have you looked into Bladebit on your second server? You have enough ram to use it. Supposedly, it’s what all the kids are talking about now days!