[ML-General] advice sought on SSD's

[Kirk D Mccann]

/dev/shm is a ram disk that exists on every Linux instance that I know of.
On Mar 8, 2016 6:10 AM, "david" <ainut at knology.net> wrote:

> Excellent idea!
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> On 03/08/2016 06:08 AM, Kirk D Mccann wrote:
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> 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> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> On 03/07/2016 07:34 PM, Hunter Fuller wrote:
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>>> 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> 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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