What is a recommended usage for the mSATA slot?

[lmm0312tpforum]

I recently acquired a used X220 and I am in the process of refurbishing it . Anyway, it came with an mSATA SSD (256 GB) in place of the WWAN. The WWAN is also available, but only the mSATA is installed. I am curious, what is the used of mSATA as of today? I primarily use Linux, so there is no need for a 2nd drive to dual boot. Even so, what do you use that driver for? TimeShift? Root file system?

Appreciate any inputs.

[RealBlackStuff]

Welcome to the Forum.
Obviously an SSD there can be used for data storage or a second OS.

[TPFanatic]

i like allocating page file/swap space to a 2nd drive. This helps lots if main drive is a spinner.

[axur-delmeria]

i like allocating page file/swap space to a 2nd drive. This helps lots if main drive is a spinner.

It's better to install the OS on the mSATA SSD itself. I did that on my SSD until the 60GB(!!) mSATA SSD died after 5 years.