Appdata and Cache (relating to Plex specifically, but it's a general question)

[jasonbstanding]

(I'm using 6.12.6 currently and normally keep up with the latest)

 

My box is a TS140 with a 1TB WD nvme assigned for cache and 24gb of RAM.

 

I recently read in here about someone recommending configuring their Plex install to store its AppData on /mnt/cache/appdata/plex for speed.

 

I considered moving my plex appdata folder onto the cache drive and noticed it already exists there.  I then looked at the config for the appdata share and realised that it's set to Cache for primary storage (it was a while ago I set this up, and had forgotten...!).

 

My understanding is that this means setting the Plex container to look at /mnt/user/appdata/plex means that in effect it's actually working with /mnt/cache/appdata/plex - would there be any performance benefit to point it directly at the cache drive instead?

[JorgeB]

9 hours ago, jasonbstanding said:

would there be any performance benefit to point it directly at the cache drive instead?

It can be, if the appdata share only exists on cache you can also enable exclusive shares, that will have the same performance benefit.