Quote from: riskyfire on February 10, 2016, 10:12:08 AM

Quote from: RichBC on February 10, 2016, 08:01:05 AM

I have a few questions on plots.

I have been preparing plots in 1TB chunks to get them up and running rather than filling the whole drive. In running is there any gain or loss in the Plot sizes?

I have two laptops I am preparing plots on, one has a lot more ram than the other so the stagger size can be bigger. Is there any benefit when running in the bigger stagger size and if so any indication of the gain?

My 4TB USB3 drives report typically 20MB/s is this an ok figure or should it be higher and if so any tips on improving it?

Any other tips on creating better plots gratefully received, as I don't want to have to do them all again.

Rich

Bigger plots with bigger staggers get faster read rates overall. Your USB drive might be plugged into a usb 1/2 port on your PC, you could try
buying a PCI-Ex usb3 expansion card which can help with the read rates.

Another more drastic option is to remove the hard drive from the usb casing and install it like a normal internal sata drive.

Thanks for the info. Drive is plugged up to a USB3 Port. As a matter of interest what sort of reported MB/s are other people getting with an external USB3 Drive?

Rich