December 7, 20178 yr Hi, Based off an earlier post I'd like to get some advice on the best way to configure my drives for optimal performance as there didn’t seem to be a strong consensus looking through the forums. Here are the current approaches I'm thinking about: Option 1 Cache Pool - used for Dockers and speeding up large transfers (2 x 250GB SSD in Raid 1) Un-assigned Drive - used for VMs (Win10 VR gaming + macOS + Linux) (1 x 500GB NVMe) Array - (4 x 8TB WD Red Pro 7200rpm drives) Option 2 Cache Pool - used for VMs (Win10 VR gaming + macOS + Linux), Dockers and speeding up large transfers (2 x 500GB NVMe in Raid 1) Array - (4 x 8TB WD Red Pro 7200rpm drives) Option 3 Cache - used for Dockers and speeding up large transfers (1 x 500GB SSD) Un-assigned Drive - used for Win10 gaming VM + macOS + Linux VMs (1 x 500GB NVMe) Array - (4 x 8TB WD Red Pro 7200rpm drives) My main use cases are as a media/Docker server with weekly VR gaming. Seems like there's a lot of opinions on how to set this up so I'd love to hear your thoughts on which approach to go with. Build: CPU: i7-8700K CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S 92mm SSO2 U-Type Premium CPU Cooler Mem: G.SKill TridentZ Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 SDRAM 3200 Mobo: ASRock Z370 Taichi LGA 1151 (300 Series) Storage: Samsung 960 NVMe 500GB OR Samsung 850 Pro Series 500GB SSD WD Red Pro 8TB x 4 GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti FTW2 Case: Fractal Design Define R5 PSU: Corsair RMx Series, RM850x, 850W, Fully Modular Power Supply Thanks
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