Changing My Drive Structure

[Bert 49]

I just received my new M.2 hard drive:

 

https://www.rakuten.com/shop/adata/product/ASX8200NP-480GT-C/

 

For simplicity and housekeeping sake I will probably just do a clean windows install.

 

My question is, seeing as there are two other standard sata SSD, how would you set it up? I assume OS and Emby on the new M.2 drive but what about transcoding, recording, etc? Currently I record to the extra SSD and MCE Buddy remux to a platter drive on my attached drive pool. I record a lot of OTA TV and have quite a variety of devices connect to this server both on and off site. Any advice would be appreciated as most of the point of this server is to maximize Emby.

[Guest asrequested]

I've got my OS on an M.2, and transcode to another M.2. But you can use any SSD for transcoding.

[Bert 49]

Where do you keep your cache? I've been not saving the images to folders with the thought that in the cache on a SSD, they'd load faster.

[Guest asrequested]

I keep mine in the media folders. 

 

Here's another discussion on the cache.

[Bert 49]

Yeah, but conversely here's one that suggests the opposite:

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/47027-emby-server-performance-optimization-suggestions/

 

I'd think the SSD would be quicker to pull especially as my movies are spread over multiple drives I guess it's a who you believe question.....

[Guest asrequested]

SSDs have lower latency and no 'spin down'. It's all based on usage.