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Use custom directory for firefox's cache ? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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I want to save SSD write cycles and will use intel HDD

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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I bought my first SSD in 2009. It was my system drive for around 10 years.

When I retired it as my system drive, it still had 90% remaining of its service life.

You don't need to worry about saving write cycles.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    SATA SSDs last a long time, yes.

    I'd imagine OP is actually talking about NVMe though, which does NOT - or at least not on the scale of old SSDs.

    I have put more than a couple NVMes in the ewaste bin over the last few years.

    We buy and use them for the performance though - and I for one want the web to feel snappy, so while it could be read/write heavy, no way I'd be moving the cache off my fastest disk.

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    • [–] 4 points 7 months ago*

    Linux-specific: as of version 147, Firefox respects the XDG base dir specifications, so you should be able to set $XDG_CACHE_HOME.

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    in about:config

    set browser.cache.disk.parent_directory to a HDD folder

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    [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    Transfer and symlink it?

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    • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    For stuff like cache (tiny small files frequently read and written to) that’s the ideal thing to store on an SSD over an HDD.

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