I guess what I am asking, in as layman terms as possible, what would the best build solution be, and the process to get it there.

Would it even be worth the trouble to add the SSD drive? I have some concerns with the /Home directory only being assigned to the HDD Partition, and not the WWW folder as well, as my online cloud service, for friends and family, stores archives to the Sub-directories in the WWW folder, and not the home directory (I think ?)Ĭan I simply add the SSD drive and the HDD drives into one single GPT partition and assume that the OS and software will install to the SSD drive (Which seems illogical), or what OS installation/partition process should I consider? SSD will enhance speed, you will enjoy an instant launch of programs, the PC will boot faster, and games will load faster. If you have been using a spinning hard disk on your PC, you are probably struggling with speed. Similar to the HDD, an SSD will play host to your operating system, files, programs, and any other piece of data that your computer stores. I would like to have the HDD's viewed by the system as one large drive (ie, approximately 7TB), and not as 4 separate drives SSD or solid-state drive is an upgrade that speeds up your computer significantly. Under this new build, with the SSD drive, I would like to have the Ubuntu 14.04 OS and Software installed on the SSD drive (For faster server boot up and faster initial software response), and storage of data on the HDD's. Gratefully I also have a brilliant back up system. Under my old build I was able to utilize GPT to make one large drive, since all drives were 7200 rpm, this worked like a champ for several years now. Generally you want to store the executable files on an SSD, so they can be accessed and started up speedily. (Set up to run as an internet server / media interface / DVR / etc. Answer (1 of 7): That of course depends on the program, specifically program size. Recently lost 2 HDD's due to severe power surge and I am rebuilding.īecause of this I have an opportunity to add an SSD Drive (128G) and 2 new one new HDD.

The Server is used for several purposes, but most specifically as a home Media server and online cloud, with local Back up.

What programs to put on ssd