I'm still puzzled about my files configurations. Should I put all documents (and the users ?) on the second drive ? And leave all apps on the first drive ?
My approach is: boot volume has everything but /Users on it - *however*.... /Applications only holds the Apple-supplied apps.
/User/Shared/Applications holds all the apps I installed - there is a link from /Applications/UserApps to this directory.
The only thing to back up from the boot volume then is some config files, or items places into /Library. The rest is reconstructable from Apple installers. That way you can think of the boot volume as being machine-only, and the /Users drive as being users only. *shrug* Too complex for some folks' tastes, but I like it.
I did it for ease of backups, not performance, so I didn't benchmark it, but it's no Snappier(tm) than it was before, to my mind.
Such low-level performance tweaking is *HIGHLY* specific to the setup you have, the apps you run, etc. For most people, it's just so much placebo effect.
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I'm still puzzled about my files configurations. Should I put all documents (and the users ?) on the second drive ? And leave all apps on the first drive ?
My approach is: boot volume has everything but /Users on it - *however*.... /Applications only holds the Apple-supplied apps.
/User/Shared/Applications holds all the apps I installed - there is a link from /Applications/UserApps to this directory.
The only thing to back up from the boot volume then is some config files, or items places into /Library. The rest is reconstructable from Apple installers. That way you can think of the boot volume as being machine-only, and the /Users drive as being users only. *shrug* Too complex for some folks' tastes, but I like it.
what about performances ? Do you feel your computer is a bit faster this way ? Less lags ?
I did it for ease of backups, not performance, so I didn't benchmark it, but it's no Snappier(tm) than it was before, to my mind.
Such low-level performance tweaking is *HIGHLY* specific to the setup you have, the apps you run, etc. For most people, it's just so much placebo effect.
WHAAAAAAA?
VM = RAM spooled to disk.
RAM Disk = disk cached in RAM.
VM in RAM Disk = NO SENSE WHATSOEVER.
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WHAAAAAAA?
VM = RAM spooled to disk.
RAM Disk = disk cached in RAM.
VM in RAM Disk = NO SENSE WHATSOEVER.
Kickaha, that is called a Paradox. The universe as we know it, will now collapse upon itself.