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Slightly offtopic, is there a way to setup a virtual file system that caches most used files and removes least used of a project in internal SSD from an externa

• yydcool 3y ago
  i recommend primocache on Windows
  • berbec 3y ago
    seconded. Primocache is wonderful, and doesn't suffer from the glaring issue using the powershell hack of Windows Storage Spaces [1]. You can set this up, with proper powershell scripts/commands, but Xbox games won't install to a Storage Space. It boggled my mind when I finally tracked this down. Primo Cache [2] has one disadvantage over storage spaces - the SSD cache space is dedicated as Cache, and does not add to the total space of the drive. 1TB SSD + 4TB hdd = 4TB available, vs storage spaces which will give you 5TB. This minor (to me) downside is outweighed by the fact it works for everything. It shows up as a normal drive, not a virtual disk, and it just works. I recommend it highly for anyone who has limited SSD space. 1: https://github.com/freemansoft/win10-storage-spaces https://github.com/freemansoft/win10-storage-spaces 2: https://www.romexsoftware.com/en-us/primo-cache/ https://www.romexsoftware.com/en-us/primo-cache/
• EricBurnett 3y ago
  Ooh, I'd love that. Or native steam functionality for the same. I never install games onto my SSD for that reason, so I'm at the mercy of whatever windows naturally does in that space. (Possibly nothing, as I don't remember manually configuring a SSD cache file on this computer, and last I checked that was required).
• tenebrisalietum 3y ago
  On Linux you have bcache and flashcache, but they work on the block layer and not file layer.
  • BenjiWiebe 3y ago
    And I believe the work-in-progress bcachefs also supports this use case.