====== Crypto - Chia - Speeding up ======

Using SSDs will speed up plotting, but unfortunately they have significantly more limited lifespans.

  * Recommendation is to plot in parallel on many HDDs at once; and not use SSDs.

It is more efficient to plot in parallel, rather than series.

  * Stagger multiple plotting instances to start 30 minutes or more apart.

More RAM will __marginally__ increase speed of plot creation.

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===== Plotting =====

There are 4 major phases to plotting.

  * **Phase 1 (Forward Propagation)**:  Utilizes multi-threading.
    * Takes a long time. 
    * Use the **-r** flag to specify the number of threads.  Ideally greater than 2, example **-r 2**.
    * Above 4 threads there are diminishing returns.
  * **Phase 2 (Back Propagation)**:  No multi-threading.
  * **Phase 3 (Compression)**:  No multi-threading.
    * Takes a long time.
  * **Phase 4 (Checkpoints)**:  No multi-threading.
    * Completes the plot file and moves it to the final destination.

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  To maximize plotting speed:

  * **-t** and **-2** should be on your fastest drives.
  * **-d** can be on a slow drive.
  * **-r** should have a value greater than 2.

<code bash>
chia plots create -r 2 -t {plotting-folder} -2 {temp_dir_2} -d {final-folder}
</code>

</WRAP>