External drive - full file or relocate original?

Hello, 
I have run into an issue where my Aperture file is now taking up too much space on my iMac(about 130gb).  I have my external drive always hooked up to my iMac and have more then 1tb left, so I would like to transfer my file over to the external.  Ive seen differant options on her,  just wondering which one would be best for me, and what the advantages would be for one over the other.
My options are
1. Move the full aperture file over the the external and not have it on my iMac at all
or
2. Relocate the original files over to a directory on the external and still have the main file on my iMac
Will having the main file on the iMac with my current year only on the iMac (previous years relocated to the external) work better, or should I just move the full file to the external and open it from there?
Remember, I have my external hooked up all the time as this is a stationary computer.
Thanks for any advice you can give
Mike

Hi Mike,
It's impossible to say without more information (and likely testing).  RAM and CPU and more likely to be performance bottlenecks than drive throughput, IME.
I suggest moving your Aperture Library to your external drive and running it from there.  (I assume it is FW800, USB-3, or Thunderbolt.)  Double-click the Library file in Finder in order to launch Aperture the first time after you move the Library -- the program will remember the new location of your Library.
I manage several Libraries, some of them quite large, and all but one are run from dedicated external drives.
If you find this set-up does not meet your needs, then you should consider putting the Library back on your system drive and relocated some (or all) of your Image's Originals to your external drive (as you mention).
Remember that you may have to manually add any files on your external drive to your back-up sets.
HTH,
--Kirby.

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