Hi

 

I have recently been using my cache drive to store customisations like sabnzbd, ps3mediaserver and sickbeard.  However I have decided I have little use for a cache drive and it seems a waste to use a 500gb drive just for my customisations.

 

Is there another valid alternative that people use to store their customisations?  For example, something like another flash drive (not the bootable one)?

 

Cheers

I use the bootable one.

Now since my cache drive has hardware RAID1 I've started to use that more.

Plus I network my /home directories from that via NFS.

I use the bootable USB stick.

 

I am however considering using a cache drive for my sabnzbd/sickbeard/couchpotato combination. The main reason behind this is to avoid wear and tear on the Unraid flash.

 

Other advantages for me of using a cache drive is that all other drives in the array can spin down while I am at work and sabnzbd is downoading. Less uptime for the drives as well as reduced power consumption.

 

As I don't need the cache drive for increased write speeds, but only to download, I would love to use a USB stick instead of HDD. Unfortunately the prices for 128GB sticks are 200 € and more.