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Most builds require a couple of 10GB, so HDDs are the primary storage technology for OE-based projects. Most users should be fine with a standard drive and 50-100GB of free space, although working on multiple projects, automated or world builds can significantly increase the storage footprint. | |||
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Revision as of 07:57, 12 December 2016
Volatile (RAM)
In a nutshell: get as much as possible! :-)
As a rule of thumb, many users suggest (Number of cores) * 2GB. In general, more available RAM will always help caching and therefore increase your build speed.
Non-Volatile
SSD
HDD
Most builds require a couple of 10GB, so HDDs are the primary storage technology for OE-based projects. Most users should be fine with a standard drive and 50-100GB of free space, although working on multiple projects, automated or world builds can significantly increase the storage footprint.