nikotime

Hey gang I am looking to bring in 1/2 SSDs to use with drivepool for caching and always like to penny pinch. I was wondering if a cheap DRAMless one would be sufficient or is it best to spend a bit more to get SSDs with DRAM?

Hi all, I've been using drivepool for years and its been fantastic on my server which has grown to 10 drives. Unfortunately one of them, a 12Tb Seagate Exos, is quite a bit noisier than the others and has been very noticeable when files are being read from it/written to it through WFH in the same room. I want to try and minimise its usage and treat it as a pure drive for duplication/backup and was wondering what the best approach to doing that is, or if it is possible at all? Is ordered file placement the best approach here, or even manual drag and dropping of files? Cheers Nick