Add new plots in parallel automatically?

[lilei105]

I'm using a 1T SSD as cache. With v1.04 software I was able to run 4 plots in parallel (6min delay) successfully. Well my CPU is kind of old so it took 12 hours to finish. I hate to set an alarm clock to get up at 3AM to start 4 new plots. I know there is a plot queue. But the headache is, the queue only runs 1 plot, which is a huge waste. How can I run 4 plots in parallel continuously? In a ideal way I'm expecting if any plot finished successfully, 1 new plot would start automatically, thus there are N plots always running at any given time.

[berlef80]

name your plots in advanced options and queue each one up. The differently named plots will plot in parrallel. I have found if you queue more than 3-4 it crashes at some point, but it will at least get you through the nights.

[padik11]

That doesn't solve the case. Now on 5 ssd, I can draw 20 plots in parallel, but I have to get up at night. If I queue it in series, I would have to have 20 SSD.

[XIII39]

I assume you're using the GUI. Don't set it up as parallel plots, set it up as plot in queue

Say you have a 2tb SSD and you want to make 100 plots, let's assume you are making 4 plots in parallel.
Create a plot in queue
Set your plot count to 25
Name the queue SSD1_A
tmp drive is your SSD

Once you've created that, make a second one
Set your plot count to 25
Name the queue SSD1_B
tmp drive is your SSD

Then a third
Set your plot count to 25
Name the queue SSD1_C
tmp drive is your SSD

Finally a forth
Set your plot count to 25
Name the queue SSD1_D
tmp drive is your SSD

Here you will be creating 100 plots on the single SSD, essentially plotting 4 in parallel

[padik11]

It makes sense, but I will have to set these tasks every 15-25 minutes anyway, because this is what I need to write to the HDD and I do not want to save at the same time. Unless I buy 20 HDDs, but it's still a good solution.

[cciollaro]

agreed, using the queues are probably the next step.

if you're using CLI though and I guess non-windows (although I imagine this will work on windows soon) you can check out https://github.com/ericaltendorf/plotman. this acts as an orchestration layer and can run your plotting commands in a loop, make sure you always have the right number of plots running, and perform staggering so that the plotting jobs are running on different phases.

[lilei105]

Thanks a lot, guys. Now I'm able to write my own CLI script. Works great.

[gunshit]

Thanks a lot, guys. Now I'm able to write my own CLI script. Works great.

Noice! could you please share it? ^_^