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From what I understand, the implementation of the Fusion Drive is at the OS level (coreStorage). Yet, I want to know if it's possible to manually interfere in the management for a specific file or directory.

E.g. Most Photos in iPhoto are rarely used, yet I would like to push the entire directory ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library.photolibrary to the SSD.

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Shouldn't individual pictures get moved to SSD automatically if they are accessed often enough? – patrix♦ Nov 10 '12 at 19:04
@patrix Don't know. – gentmatt Nov 12 '12 at 14:13
The directory is on a different piece of the disk to the data so could well be in cache automatically – Mark Dec 10 '12 at 13:33

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I am aware this may not be the technical answer you seek, but it's the pragmatic solution at present. Hopefully, a non-buggy way to micro manage the tiered storage will become known, but here are inks you can do today, out of the box.

  • ensure all data fits on the SSD so that no tiering takes place.
  • manually access these files to ensure the algorithm sees them as being read more than the rest. Using dd to read the files would be a good start and rebuilding the iPhoto library databases should also force a full read of the contents. It's not clear reads only will affect tiering in a "mandatory promotion to SSD storage" sense.
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If you want to add these as non-starter, things you have tried steps to your question, you have my full encouragement. – bmike♦ Nov 10 '12 at 17:59
Using a script to run at login to read the directory sounds like a good idea. – gentmatt Nov 12 '12 at 14:16

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