Hello !
I am actually running a dual boot with Windows and Arch.
I have 5 disks (3 HDD and 2 nvme SSD) with this partitioning.
These are the drives :
HDDs :
WD Blue 2 TB hdd (5400 RPM)
WD Blue 1TB hdd (7200 RPM)
Seagate Barracuda 2TB hdd (7200 RPM)
SSDs :
Samsung 870 evo 512GB
Kingston A1000 256GB
And this is the partition scheme that I used so far
Windows
512 GB SSD => NTFS for the OS
2 TB HDD (Seagate one) => NTFS for games
1TB out of the other 2 TB (Wd blue) drive (Backups) NTFS
Linux
256 GB SSD => ext4 for the OS
1 TB HDD => ext4 for data and games
1TB out of the other 2 TB drive (Backups) ext4
Some problems that I encounter are disk space problems on the Linux SSD because sometimesvI want to install demanding games on it.
Do you have any advice on what I can do to make this scheme better?
Ntfs is a notoriously bad file system. If he has the physical space (which he has), better to use a better file system. Ext4 might be “old” but it’s a much better FS. Backup space is overblown imho
Ntfs is a notoriously bad file system. If he has the physical space (which he has), better to use a better file system. Ext4 might be “old” but it’s a much better FS. Backup space is overblown imho
I had a lot of problems with proton and NTFS drives recently (slowness and games that would not launch)
Yes, it’s recommended against using proton with NTFS. It’s known to cause issues.