Lightroom Catalog and preview files on the external SSD using Thunderbolt?

I own an iMac 21 with a regular construction in the hard drive. The RAW files, back ups are on external hard drives.

It would make sense (speed wise) to put my catalog on an external SSD connected via thunderbolt?

My catalog is about 1, 7 GB of big, with glimpses lightroom now use about 40 GB.

I think to an SSD 128 GB dedicated to lightroom.

Would it be a good idea? Or simply be money down the drain?

Any comments would be welcome.

Read and write in the catalog will be faster than things like scroll thumbnails and switching modules. Glimpses of the building, etc. see very little improvement. This test should give you an idea where things will be better http://www.computer-darkroom.com/blog/will-an-ssd-improve-adobe-lightroom-performance/

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