What should you use a second SSD for?

Hi
I have a few SSD drives and want to maximise the speed my Mac boots up but also in the apps I use.
One of the drives is a Scratch Disk I use for FCPX. Should I keep my iTunes Library, Apps, Mail and Photos on a separate SSD to my boot
drive to maximise speed opening app and accessing files.
I did think, by doing this would make a clean install or upgrade in the future a much easier process too.
Thanks in advance
Matt

If you don't need to frequently access data in your Home folder, then I would (and I do.) Or you can move folders to a slow drive and put aliases to them on the SSD (this is how I do it.)
How to use an SSD with your HDD
If you are going to use an SSD as a boot drive together with your existing HDD as the "data" drive, here's what you can do.
After installing the SSD you will need to partition and format the SSD using Disk Utility. Then, install OS X on the SSD. After OS X has been installed boot from the SSD. Use Startup Disk preferences to set the SSD as the startup volume.
Open Users & Groups preferences. Click on the lock icon and authenticate. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on your user account listing in the sidebar and select Advanced Options from the context menu. You will see a field labeled "Home dir:" At the right end you will see a Change button. Click on it. In the file dialog locate the Home folder now located on the HDD (HDD/Users/account_name/.) Select the folder, click on Open button. Restart the computer as directed. When the computer boots up it will now be using the Home folder located on the HDD.
Another more technical method involving the Terminal and aliases is discussed in depth here: Using OS X with an SSD plus HDD setup - Matt Gemmell. This is my preferred approach because I can select which of the Home's folders I want on the HDD and which I don't want. For example, I like to keep the Documents and Library folders on the SSD because I access their content frequently.
Be sure you retain the fully bootable system on your HDD in case you ever need it.

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