Utilize both SSD and HDD for faster speeds on Dropbox

[tbroen-p]

More and more are changing to SSD. And SSD's are fast, but capacity is expensive, so a lot of people are using a fast SSD as a system volume and a bigger but slower disk for general storage.

Would it be possible to make a feature, where you can use one volume (regular HDD where capacity is cheaper) as the general location of the dropbox folder, and then allocate some space on the faster SSD as a dropbox buffer, where the most used files could live.

In my case I have to workstations. One with 256GB SSD and 1TB HDD and another with 1TB SSD and a 3TB HDD.

I am currently using more than 1,5TB of space on my dropbox, so syncing all the contents to the SSD's is not an option. 

So the idea is to allocate a user defined amount of space on the SSD as a buffer for the dropbox files i use the most and then keep the vast majority of the files on the bigger but slower regular HDD.

[Jay]

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[Rich]

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@tbroen-p wrote:

... then allocate some space on the faster SSD as a dropbox buffer, where the most used files could live.

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If your motherboard will support it, look into Intel's Optane memory. It does exactly what you're asking for while being much faster than an SSD, and it's cheap (16GB is about $20).

[tbroen-p]

If your motherboard will support it, look into Intel's Optane memory. It does exactly what you're asking for while being much faster than an SSD, and it's cheap (16GB is about $20).

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I will definitely have a look at that. I am already using a Corsair Force Series MP600 1TB M.2 SSD - So that should be quite fast as well - but of course it doesn't work in the same way as Optane - Thanks for the suggestion - Still think the other feature would be a nice feature though. It could solve some problems without having to get new hardware.

[Jay]

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