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From: David Mohr <david@mcbf.net>
Subject: Re: caching device setup
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2015 09:57:16 -0600
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On 2015-04-06 09:44, arnaud gaboury wrote:
> Here is my overall plan:
> 
> root filesystem & OS on a SSD
> DB and other stuff on HD.
> Use ssd as caching device and HD as backing.
> 
> Shall I partition the SSD with : one partition for OS and one empty
> for bcache? Or install the OS on the whole SSD and use the whole SSD
> as caching device?
> 
> Thank you for hint.

So this is just depending on your preference, how big the SSD is, and 
how much space you expect your OS to take up.

Personally I split my SSD into two partitions: one for the root FS, and 
the other as a caching device for /home.

~David