If i want to run an Ubuntu server 24/7 with Plex and Qbit, would it make sense to use a hard drive as home/boot drive? Or is it better to use an SSD?
If i want to run an Ubuntu server 24/7 with Plex and Qbit, would it make sense to use a hard drive as home/boot drive? Or is it better to use an SSD?
It will work fine, if it takes a few seconds longer to boot, it really does it matter with a server. But I’d still separate the OS from the data drive, since you can get a 120gb SSD for $10, it’s a no brainer really, in case you need to reinstall the OS, you can leave the data untouched.
You can also backup data from the SSD to the HDD in case it fails.
But for simplicity and if you don’t really care about possibly losing data, running everything from a single HDD will work fine, most stuff will get loaded in RAM anyway, and run from there, it’s not like you’ll be launching new apps all the time.