<div dir="ltr">Just make sure you've got a nice recent kernel, or you disable TRIM on that Samsung SSD<div><br><div><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/3a58s0/dont_use_linux_on_samsung_ssds/">https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/3a58s0/dont_use_linux_on_samsung_ssds/</a><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 6:44 AM, Kirk D Mccann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kirk.mccann@gmail.com" target="_blank">kirk.mccann@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">/dev/shm is a ram disk that exists on every Linux instance that I know of.</p><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 8, 2016 6:10 AM, "david" <<a href="mailto:ainut@knology.net" target="_blank">ainut@knology.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Excellent idea!<br>
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<p dir="ltr">You could always use a ram disk for anything that is
going to thrash the disk just make sure to occasionally copy the
data to permanent storage.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 7, 2016 8:10 PM, "david" <<a href="mailto:ainut@knology.net" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:ainut@knology.net" target="_blank">ainut@knology.net</a>>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks,
Hunter. That sounds like good advice.<br>
<br>
New question, though. I have read of some concerns about
booting on the SSD's. Is this truly an issue? Can't I just
use gparted or equivalent to copy my hard disk stuff onto the
SSD with a tool that handles automagic partitioning and let
'er rip? Or am i missing something? If I could make the
current boot disk "read-only" I would while doing these tests.<br>
<br>
I got dazzled by the prospect of nearly instant booting...<br>
<br>
David<br>
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On 03/07/2016 07:34 PM, Hunter Fuller wrote:<br>
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My advice:<br>
- Turn off swap.<br>
- Install smartmontools and/or GSmartControl and configure
them to<br>
tell you when your disk is about to die. Check the utilities
manually<br>
if paranoid.<br>
- Don't worry about anything else.<br>
--<br>
Hunter Fuller<br>
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On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 6:57 PM, david <<a href="mailto:ainut@knology.net" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:ainut@knology.net" target="_blank">ainut@knology.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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No, they have nothing to do with venereal diseases.<br>
<br>
For Debian Jessie on AMD64 platforms:<br>
I just spent some big bucks (for me) on a 500 GB SSD
(Samsung Evo) and<br>
wondered what your opinion is on their lifetime? Should I
force things that<br>
thrash the disks a lot (like Folding@home and maybe swap)
onto a rotating<br>
platter? Swap is hardly used since I have 16 Gb core but
FAH thrashes the<br>
hard drive *all* the time; one can hear it constantly.
I've not installed<br>
the SSD yet.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
David M.<br>
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