Crypto - Chia - CLI - Plot - Plot with a ramdisk

Using a Ramdisk can speed up plotting.

NOTE: This requires at least 256GB of RAM available.

Create a Ramdisk

mkdir /mnt/ramdisk
mount -t tmpfs -o rw,size=240G tmpfs /mnt/ramdisk

NOTE: This mounts a ramdisk with 240GB under the path /mnt/ramdisk.

-t tmpfs:
- tmpfs only uses memory when you it contains files.
- When it is empty, it will take almost no space in RAM.

Verify that the RAMDISK has been created.

df -h

Edit /etc/fstab, and add the following line to the the end of the file.

tmpfs  /mnt/ramdisk  tmpfs  rw,size=240G  0   0

Creates a new plot.

chia plots create -k 32 -r 6 -n 1 -t /mnt/ramdisk -2 /home/peter-chia-temp -d /home/peter-chia

NOTE:

-k32: Creates a k32 plot.
-r 6: Specifies six processor cores.
- These cores are used primarily in phase 1 and 2.
-n 1: Creates exactly one plot.
-t /mnt/ramdisk: Specifies the temporary directory.
-2 /home/peter-chia-temp: Specifies the second temporary directory (Optional).
- Depending on the size of the ramdisk, this optionn might be needed otherwise there could be insufficient memory to write the plot file at the end.
-d /home/peter/chia: Specifies the final directory for the plot.