Comment on Data HDD with SSD catch drive
rambos@lemm.ee 3 weeks agoAre you also talking about incomplete directory in qbit? Doesnt make it faster afaik, but I might be wrong. I havent tried anything yet, wanted to check is it something usual or not worth at all. Got zero experience with using SSD as catch drive, it just made sense to me
braindefragger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes, if the temporary directory where the files are being downloaded (incomplete folder) is on the SSD, then it should be faster, especially if you’ve identified a cheap HDD as your bottleneck. Unless you are incorrect about the HDD being the bottleneck.
rambos@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Yeah it will be faster, but its extra step before the files get available on HDD.
Even if my HDD is super fast and healthy it would still be a bottleneck for 2Gbps fiber? Ill deffo play with HDD more to find max speeds, wasnt paying attention before because it felt normal to me
braindefragger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m sorry, but I have no idea what you want. Best of luck.
rambos@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Yeah feels like that lol. Thx anyway, have a nice day dude
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
this is just adding an extra step to the process before the file can be available to use. you’re just saving the copying to the HDD until the very end of the torrent.
what OP wants is to download the file to a SSD, be able to use it on the SSD for a time, and then have the file moved to spinning disk later when they don’t need to wait for it.
braindefragger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, of course it is. Because that’s what OP asked for. I don’t see ( use it for a bit first and then automatically copy it over ).
I see:
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
what is the point of faster download if you just have to do another entire copy after that?