[ML-General] advice sought on SSD's

[Charles Moye]

Just make sure you've got a nice recent kernel, or you disable TRIM on that
Samsung SSD

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/3a58s0/dont_use_linux_on_samsung_ssds/

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 6:44 AM, Kirk D Mccann <kirk.mccann at gmail.com> wrote:

> /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!
>>
>>
>>
>> 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>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>
>>>> 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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