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I've got a 601GB Linux partition which can be written to at up to 84.7MB/s (ref). My 62GB can be written to at 366MB/s (ref).

Down to my last ~360MB. What should I move over and mount from my other drive?

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  • Should be concerned about the SSD wearing out prematurely from too many writes, I'd avoid putting swap there, & /tmp & /var too?
    – Xen2050
    Feb 16, 2015 at 9:18

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The most common directories to move from an SSD and mount to a HDD are:

/home /var /tmp /usr swap

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  • I don't know why everyone always wants to move swap off the SSD. Just set swappiness to 10 and keep it on the SSD. That way, the system will be much more responsive when swapping... You just need a good quality SLC SSD.
    – Fabby
    Feb 18, 2015 at 21:15
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    @Fabby op is looking for space not speed.
    – user107425
    Feb 18, 2015 at 23:55
  • who uses swap anymore? Mar 4, 2015 at 11:06
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You should install your OS on the SSD. The /home partition will be on the slower hdd.

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You could use the ssd as a cache drive in the raid utility with conjunction with your hdd. In that way your mobo (if supported) can automatically detect and cache in the ssd your most used data without you setting mount points and it works with any os and any partition you might use.

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  • Are these settings that are wholly in my motherboard settings (BIOS or similar), or is there some higher-level software I'd need to configure?
    – A T
    Mar 4, 2015 at 11:41
  • No you need not oconfigure anything else except your motherboard in which you first change the sata mode to raid, enable the control-i interface and then set the ssd to cache Mar 4, 2015 at 13:28
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Moving /opt and my Projects directory to other partitions solved the issue.

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