What type of hard drive is read during farming?

There are many plot files under the same hard drive. Is reading from the hard drive random or sequential when farming?

Chia Documentation
https://docs.chia.net › chia-farming-…
Storage - Chia Farming Workload Analysis

Chia farming workload is read-only, completely random distribution, and a low amount of data transferred between the device and host.

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