SSDs versus spinning-rust drives

[Jim]

On 12/1/19 2:57 PM, Brian Cluff wrote:
> I should add, that you can run a hybrid setup where you run your 
> system on the SSD and put your home directory on an spinning drive.   
> That's actually how I have most of my systems setup as I use a HUGE 
> amount of space.  That way all the stuff that needs to be fast is and 
> the stuff that just needs to be stored is on the cheaper spinning disks.

This is what I do because I can't afford 10 GB of SSDs for the video and 
music I have stored on this dinosaur.  It's my home entertainment 
center. Whenever I get  a music or video disc, it gets copied to 
spinning rust.  This saves my optical discs free from normal wear and tear.