Hello,

So I use an SSD for my packages and the OS and an external HDD for storage, with symlinks between the relevant directories.

I am not disappointed with performance. But I got to wondering as I am getting a new machine soon and so will be doing a fresh install - is my current setup really optimal?

I know some people just stick anything below /home/user/ onto the HDD. This isn't what I've done; rather I have specific directories, like Documents, Music, etc. on the HDD.

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I figure it might be quicker to answer: what directories, if any, under /home/ should *not* go onto a storage HDD? The paru cache takes up a lot of space, for example, but I figure it benefits from the write speed of the SSD. I figure things like the firefox cache may benefit from being on SSD, but I am not sure (a bit like games - sometimes you do see a performance difference when a game is on an SSD, other times, nope, none at all.)