Dual boot Arch & W10

>>180802
You're a retard.

Use a VM.

Performance is native if you have VT-d, which you do.

>>180819
I'm not op, but which OS would you use as the parent?

>>180840
Neither. I'd run them both on ESXi.

But OP has a hard-on for Linux, so he should follow this guide here: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Multiheaded-NVIDIA-Gaming-using-Ubuntu-14-04-KVM-585/

Also, he shouldn't be installing anything on the SSD, he should be installing Linux on the hard disk, then using dm-cache to make the SSD cache the hard disk. That way he's not trying to squeeze OSes into 128GB, he doesn't need to fanny about with partitions, and the computer automatically keeps the 256 most-used gigabytes on the SSD.

>>180861
Thanks for the comment.

I don't have a sexual relationship with Arch. I just want to use it's environmental abilities. Unfortunately I don't have lots of experience with GNU/Linux distro's and barely any with VMs. I'm up for trying and fiddling around with stuff if it's worth the effort.

In the first month I will be using the the iGP. Then I'll add an RX480 as it will be more than sufficient for what I need.

>What are the pro's of using the ESXi as the base to access both Arch and W10?
>I'd like to profit from the marginal speed increase of having Arch and it's programs on my SSD, is this possible in this setup?
>What are the pro's of using dm-cache?

When splitting the SSD in two, I'll install programs and settings for Linux and games for W10 on the SSD. Those are my used files. The 2TB storage is for my music, photo's and series libraries, obviously.
>What are the pro's of having exactly your most used GB's on the SSD?

>>180873
>What are the pro's of having exactly your most used GB's on the SSD?
You get to profit from the marginal speed increase of having Arch and it's programs on your SSD.

Less flippantly, you spend the most time benefitting from the SSD's speed, and the least time waiting on the hard disk, and it's actually less effort than manually trying to predict now what files you think you're going to use more or use less in the future.

In addition, dm-cache works with blocks not files, so it can cache, say, a games code and levels, without needing to cache the end credits, even though they're in the same 4.5GB file.

>When splitting the SSD in two, I'll install programs and settings for Linux and games for W10 on the SSD
Seriously, dumb move.

Install everything on the hard disk, install Windows 10 on a virtual machine, and then:

- you get to run Windows and Linux at the same time
- if Windows needs more space, you just make its hard disk file bigger
- Windows can access Linux's storage over the network, or directly through KVM
- dm-cache determines the data you most read (be it music, photos, games, programs, whatever), and constantly keeps the most-used data on the SSD
- this includes in Windows, because blocks in the VM's hard disk file are just a file like any other

>>180877
Thanks again.
Isn't there a delay whenever dm-cache moves files from the HDD to the SSD? Is it possible to make exclude files from dm-cache?

And what is the general install order for this?

>>180861
Thanks anon! (non-op here again) I will try a few options to find what I want, but your posts are a great start.