Are the cache or original media files best placed on an Nvme ?

[Jer T]

Have read conflicts so just looking for more info.. If you could only choose 1, would you place the cache or the original media files on the Nvme drive?

[RjL190365]

The original media files. Here's why:

The cache files are typically much smaller in size than your original media files. And NvME SSDs usually have no faster small-file random read/write performance than their SATA counterparts. So there will be virtually no difference in performance whether the cache files are on a SATA SSD or an NvME SSD. Both types of SSDs are way faster in small-file reads and writes than any spinning HDD.

[Jer T]

Thank you!