7 reasons SSD caching is the smartest upgrade for my home server

Like a lot of you, I, too, wondered if it was worth splurging on NVMe drives just for caching. I mean, I could’ve spent that cash on more storage or a better CPU if I were building a DIY NAS, right? Wrong. After giving in and installing NVMe drives on my NAS for caching, I can confidently say the investment was worth every penny, especially when I have a ton of data to move between devices and can’t keep waiting on slow, spinning drives to get the job done. On my PC, app launches and game load times felt so much faster that even thinking of going back to HDD-only setups now feels frustrating.