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title: Mining common questions
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createdAt: 2023-11-12T13:50:28.582Z
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We added these questions based on previous interactions we had with incoming members on different social platforms.

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Is it better to mine SIGNA with SSD or HDD?**
There is no real advantage to scanning faster or across more drives, using SSDs or anything like that.



**Does the number of CPU cores assigned to mining have any influence?**
Sometimes it does not. You can start mining with 2 or 4 cores. The purpose is that you can read all your hard drives in less than 1 minute. In case reading all your hard drives takes more than 1 minute. You must increase the number of cores to use. You can see the reading time in the log console

![BTDEX Console Logs](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/l2AIpSUU6srSQmG1-K2bb/7obCi5qmuxIZNxN1_6Sg2_image.png "BTDEX Console Logs")

**What is the log “HDD, wakeup!” ?**
This is a completely normal process, it is especially useful with hard drives. This makes your hard drive always spin. It will save some energy and prevent wear and tear on the HDD.

![HDD Wakeup log](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/l2AIpSUU6srSQmG1-K2bb/qojstMXo6s7P92wM0D3hd_image.png "HDD Wakeup log")