Anyone using HDD for VaM?

[SortaLewd]

I am unfortunately a hoarder of vars acquired over the years, so VaM is devouring my 2tb external SSD space. Anyone still running VaM on HDDs? I see 4tb HDDs are only like $80 compared to nearly $200 for 4tb SSDs. Personally I wouldn't mind a bit longer load times, what do you guys think?

 

[atani]

I think that you should seriously consider running a slimmer VAM on SSD, and use the HDDs for archiving and backups. The more you have (kind of) the worst your performance is.
Running such a large VAM with a spinner HDD is for those who enjoy torture.

 

[SortaLewd]

I think that you should seriously consider running a slimmer VAM on SSD, and use the HDDs for archiving and backups. The more you have (kind of) the worst your performance is.
Running such a large VAM with a spinner HDD is for those who enjoy torture.

I use Var Browser. I figured it was pretty much essential for everyone that has decently chonky vam folders.

 

[atani]

The decision to downgrade to spinning HDDs is just as bad as having more than 2 TB of VAM content in active use.
You can move out things you don't want to use that often to some other place, do you really need everything available at all times?

 

[SortaLewd]

The decision to downgrade to spinning HDDs is just as bad as having more than 2 TB of VAM content in active use.
You can move out things you don't want to use that often to some other place, do you really need everything available at all times?

When using VAR browser you only have select vars active, that's its main driving feature and mainly why I was asking if others do the same. It automatically swaps in/out vars you want to use or put on the shelf, so inactive vars aren't eating your performance when not in use. If you're asking if I could move my vars to another drive, no.

 

[DitzyDitz]

All of my vam install in in HDD actually my main VAM install is about 1000~ var and it took like 3 mins to launch the first time