What do we need to consider for picking plotting hardware?

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In chia network plotter hardware need to have some specific requirements such as TBW, Read write speed, etc to have an optimized plotting machine. And I understand that subspace network aims to have non-destructive algorithm for SSD.

I’m wondering what are the parameters that we might need to consider to build a plotting machine in subspace network, optimizing for cost (does it need server-grade ssd? or consumer will be enough?), plotting rate, and long-term hardware endurance?

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We are aiming to make our farming as low barrier to entry as possible, while we are still working on optimizing a few portions of the farming protocol, ideally all consumer devices should be able for farm competitively. I would warn against building a server just for subspace farming, as there is no way we can guarantee X setup will have a positive ROI. (Id suggest to just use hardware already owned)