#Creating a Folder which uses a Small SSD to cache its contents

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bitter idol
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what you're describing seems to be basic file copying on a mounted drive + network sharing with samba

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just plug your ssd in, copy your stuff, and then set up sambashare to expose it to the network (you should, however, ensure that only the windows target machine can access it). Simply install it with sudo apt install samba and head over to /etc/samba/smb.conf using nano, remember to restart the samba systemd service after changes to config

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Additionally, here is the ubuntu samba configuration article. Will work for Mint too

Ubuntu Server
Set up Samba as a file server

One of the most common ways to network Ubuntu and Windows computers is to configure Samba as a file server. It can be set up to share files with Windows clients, as we’ll see in this section. The s...

grave fern
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Thanks, But it doesn't describe Caching part of what I am looking for. It seems Samba is the answer to second half of the question. What about the caching part?