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Not sure if this has been requested before but it’d be useful if sab could auto choose alternate directories (dl/extract) based on the size of the NZB.

For example, if the NZB is greater than 50GB
-set directory to a large SATA multi TB drive
if the NZB is less than 50GB
-set directory to a smaller NVME multi GB drive or a RAM drive

Thanks for considering.

I think you can:

Create two categories
BIG, pointing to SATA
SMALL, pointing to NVME

Write a pre-queue script that assigns category based on size. See https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/scripts/pre-queue-scripts

Indeed, the example script on the page sander links has exactly what you need. Just instead of priority, you can set a category.