[SOLVED] Best Way to Structure Dual Drive Laptop Storage

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I am in the process of setting up a personal laptop for my mother. She has been without a personal laptop, and has been living off of external HDDs for the last few years - using her work computer to access files. She has two 2 TB external HDDs loaded up about 75% full with files of all types - photos, music, videos, documents, etc.

I have ordered her a Lenovo E15 laptop which supports dual boot thru M.2 SSD + 2.5” SATA SSD. I will place a 2 TB Samsung EVO Pro SSD (max capacity M.2 SSD currently available) and a 2 TB SATA SSD.

I was wondering what is the ideal file structure for each drive. I understand that the M.2 SSD will be considerably faster than the SATA SSD. Of course, main OS and program files, documents, etc will reside on the M.2 drive. Is it reasonable to place all photos/videos on the SATA drive? Would this present much latency when accessing those files? Would is be smarter to place other file types on the SATA drive?
 
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Which specific "Samsung EVO Pro SSD " ?

Generally -
OS and applications on the M.2
Doc/music/video/games on the SATA SSD.

Contrary to benchmark numbers, there isn't THAT much user facing difference between M.2 NVMe and SATA III SSD.
Solid state drives benefit from the near zero access time. This applies to both types of SSD.

In my normal workflow with Adobe Lightroom, I literally can't tell the difference (timed and tested) between an Intel 660p and a good SATA III SSD. Even though the 660p benchmark is 3x that of the SATA III drives.
 
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USAFRet said:
Which specific "Samsung EVO Pro SSD " ?

Generally -
OS and applications on the M.2
Doc/music/video/games on the SATA SSD.

Contrary to benchmark numbers, there isn't THAT much user facing difference between M.2 NVMe and SATA III SSD.
Solid state drives benefit from the near zero access time. This applies to both types of SSD.

In my normal workflow with Adobe Lightroom, I literally can't tell the difference (timed and tested) between an Intel 660p and a good SATA III SSD. Even though the 660p benchmark is 3x that of the SATA III drives.
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07MFZXR1B?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
My bad, it’s the EVO Plus

Could you recommend any specific brand of 2TB SATA SSD? I already ordered the Samsung EVO Plus, but haven’t decided on the SATA drive yet. I’m sure it doesn’t really matter much, but thought I would ask.
 
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USAFRet said:
OK, the 970 EVO Plus.

Pair that with a Samsung 860 EVO or Crucial MX500.
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Thank you. I’m seeing Samsung 860 EVO for $474 versus Crucial MX500 for $229. Assuming I haven’t made a mistake and selected the wrong product for the Crucial, I’m going with the cheaper option. The two links following are comparable in terms of speed, and both fit in the Thinkpad E15?

 Samsung SSD 860 PRO 2TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76P2T0BW) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07879KC15/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_UBeiFbVX9XHA0

Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD, up to 560MB/s - CT2000MX500SSD1(Z) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078C515QL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_rAeiFbZ4AQRA6
 
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