Mysterious Lightroom folder files.

Hello all-
I just want to preface my question by saying I apologize for being the kind of user who expects a fast response / solution and then leaves the forum until my next problem arises. I'm fairly savvy with Adobe apps but I don't feel like I'm at a point where I could answer other users questions yet.
Moving on, here's some background on my computer:
I run a 2008 Macbook Pro 5,1 wit 8GB ram, 128GB SSD for my boot drive and a 256GB in my old optical bay that I use as a storage drive. I point Lightroom and all of my apps to this 'storage' drive for big file storage.
And here is my issue:
At some point in the last year, I flooded my Lightroom folder with cache files. I believe I did this by syncing my Lightroom folder to another drive with the app open. Is that a reasonable explanation for what could have happened? I'm also unclear about a few other files.
I'm aware that I need the following:
-Corrupt catalogs
-.lrcat files
I'm not sure if I need any of the other files such as "temporary import data" or "temporary repair catalog"
I've attached screenshots below. I would really appreciate some help

Bob-
Thank you. I successfully moved my cache file and changed the size of my cache allowance (the latter being your rec). I haven't run into any problems after clearing out the cache files that were in the root folder of my Lightroom folder.
Now, I'm on to clearing out the other files that are highlighted in the photo below. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

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