[CentOS] Disk choice for workstation ?

Sat Dec 26 20:25:58 UTC 2020
Walter H. <Walter.H at mathemainzel.info>

If I were you,
I'd do the 2nd ... use a larger SSD (1 TB), and keep the mirror set 
(raid 1) for /data
Walter

On 26.12.2020 21:20, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My workstation is currently equipped with a pair of Western Digital Red 1 TB
> SATA disks in a software RAID 1 setup.
>
> Some stuff like working with virtual machines is a bit slow, so I'm thinking
> about replacing the disks by SSD.
>
> I'm hesitating between three different setups:
>
> 1) Use a relatively small SSD (120 to 240 GB) to reinstall the system on it.
> Keep the two SATA disks in a RAID 1 array and mount /home on it.
>
> 2) Use a larger SSD (500 GB to 1 TB), install everything (including /home) on
> it. Keep the two SATA disks in a RAID 1 array and mount them on /data for storage.
>
> 3) Get rid of the disks and go full SSD, with a 1 TB disk.
>
> Any advice from the hardware gurus on this list?
>