Storage Allocation for Running Local Models
esw123 · reddit · 2026-07-11
The user asks whether they must upgrade their main drive containing the OS and LM Studio, or keep the 480GB SSD for the system and LM Studio while adding a separate SN7100 drive for models and projects.
The core concern is whether putting models on a secondary drive affects inference speed, or if it only impacts the boot times of Windows and LM Studio.
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