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AbstractEquilibrium | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You can put the blocks dir for bitcoin core on your spinning disks with minimal performance impact.
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Fabian | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I had tried this a few years ago already but basic things like looking up a transaction became slow, maybe it was the usb interface
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AbstractEquilibrium | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Could also be the power management settings for that device.  You want spinning disks to always be spun up, even if they're idle.