[ML-General] advice sought on SSD's

[david]

Excellent idea!



On 03/08/2016 06:08 AM, Kirk D Mccann wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> On Mar 7, 2016 8:10 PM, "david" <ainut at knology.net 
> <mailto:ainut at knology.net>> wrote:
>
>     Thanks, Hunter.  That sounds like good advice.
>
>     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.
>
>     I got dazzled by the prospect of nearly instant booting...
>
>     David
>
>
>
>     On 03/07/2016 07:34 PM, Hunter Fuller wrote:
>
>         My advice:
>           - Turn off swap.
>           - Install smartmontools and/or GSmartControl and configure
>         them to
>         tell you when your disk is about to die. Check the utilities
>         manually
>         if paranoid.
>           - Don't worry about anything else.
>         --
>         Hunter Fuller
>
>
>
>
>         On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 6:57 PM, david <ainut at knology.net
>         <mailto:ainut at knology.net>> wrote:
>
>             No, they have nothing to do with venereal diseases.
>
>             For Debian Jessie on AMD64 platforms:
>             I just spent some big bucks (for me) on a 500 GB SSD
>             (Samsung Evo) and
>             wondered what your opinion is on their lifetime?  Should I
>             force things that
>             thrash the disks a lot (like Folding at home and maybe swap)
>             onto a rotating
>             platter?  Swap is hardly used since I have 16 Gb core but
>             FAH thrashes the
>             hard drive *all* the time; one can hear it constantly.
>             I've not installed
>             the SSD yet.
>
>             Thanks,
>             David M.
>
>
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