T530, mSata not safe for use as OS drive?

According to the User manual, an mSata drive should not be used as an OS drive.
"If your computer is equipped with both a hard disk drive and an mSATA solid state drive, you are
not recommended to use the mSATA solid state drive as a bootable device. The mSATA solid state drive is
designed and developed for “cache” function purpose only. If you use the mSATA solid state drive as a
bootable device, its reliability is not guaranteed." Page 109
User manual: http://www.lenovo.com/shop/americas/content/user_guides/t530_w530_ug_en.pdf
Can anyone comment?
And also, is it a SATAII or a SATAIII port that is available for use in the T530?
Thanks in advance!

No, this is a Thinkpad forum but the nature of the beast (SSD or mSATA) is the same other than packaging or lack there of and implementation. Understanding the tradeoffs and limitations of NAND is important IMO although a quantum leap faster does not offer what a good HD does.
PS: I see you've done some reading good. An informed user not swallowing what some people just say is a smart informed user. The way it should be. Thats the way I handle it when I was in technical sales/support and service years ago.
But none of this is system dependant other than the cases where a certain version is not compatible for some technical/physical reason.
T520 Model 4239 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2860QM CPU @ 2.50GHz
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