The main thing that i do for SSD's is remove Swap/Pagefile upping my system memory to give me wiggle room. (8+) and make sure that trim is active. On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > Ed, > > There are a lot of optimization articles out there. The more current ones > say to ignore the older ones and just use trim. All the older optimization > suggestions seem to have been incorporated into the drives in some way, > according to the authors. I can't find the article that made these > pronouncements, so ymmv. > > Thanks, > > Mark > > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:28 PM, Ed wrote: > >> Some additional interesting links: >> https://wiki.debian.org/SSDOptimization >> https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/ssd >> >> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Jon Kettenhofen wrote: >> > IMO, get the SSD but also install the hard drive, if the laptop allows >> it >> > (otherwise try iCloud? :-) ), that will act as a backup. Separately, >> > neither may be more reliable than the other but you will be safer. >> > And faster. >> > So back up frequently. >> > >> > For even faster *desktop* performance, shell out the big bucks for a >> PCI-E >> > board mounted SSD. At 16x, PCI-E is reputed to handle more bandwidth >> than >> > SATA or SCSI. I've seen Windows XP boot (completely) in 10 seconds with >> > instant access to just about everything except the internet (which >> varies >> > with ISP connection . . . ) >> > >> > Smaller PCI-E drives (256GB) are now available for a reasonable price, >> that >> > being around $1/GB, but the fastest - OZC Revo - are still pricey. >> > >> > Not to be a wet blanket, but nearly all drives fail. >> > After I read the descriptions of the engineering used to give storage >> drives >> > more room (i.e. more gigabytes and terrabytes) my faith was a little >> shaken. >> > An article in Tom's Hardware hit home (2011) but still holds some >> credence >> > and that is that if you look at the reviews of SSD's at newegg dot com, >> then >> > you will realize that perhaps no storage technology is perfect. More >> to the >> > point, YMMV. Although sellers do their best to weed out fake reviews, >> some >> > of them do make it through and the purpose of those fake reviews can be >> > either to support or disprespect the product or manufacturer. >> > >> > Recently, >> > Some publications have revealed that many brands of SSDs will fail if >> the >> > power is abruptly removed, as in a plug or battery removal while the >> > unit is running, or the computer has a catastrophic failure like a fatal >> > motherboard burnout. The story is that so far only certain Intel >> SSD's can >> > consistently survive this scenario. >> > >> > Nevermind. >> > Most of us will probably never see that happen. Storage technology is >> > complicated with much error-correction circuitry in place and in >> constant >> > use. To see an example, check the output of the SMART technology built >> into >> > any of your drives that are directly connected to your IDE/ATA and SATA >> > (whatever you have) busses. There is/are some good apps in Linux to >> show >> > you this. The bottom line is that every disk access is checked and >> > error-corrected because (read and write) errors happen all the time. >> They >> > just usually get fixed in the process. >> > >> > Some interesting, if perhaps scary, links: >> > >> http://www.extremetech.com/computing/173887-ssd-stress-testing-finds-intel-might-be-the-only-reliable-drive-manufacturer >> > (Jan. 3, 2014) >> > http://www.anandtech.com/show/4202/the-intel-ssd-510-review/3 (Mar. 2, >> 2011) >> > >> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-reliability-failure-rate,2923.html >> > (July 28, 2011) >> > >> > Insight into manufacturing technology: >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On 09/02/2014 01:23 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: >> >> >> >> I am looking at a new Linux laptop, and I have the option of a mSata >> SSD >> >> drive or a conventional drive. I am considering a 1 TB Samsung 840 EVO >> >> mSata SSD for the OS and all my partitions. >> >> >> >> 1. Are there any reasons not to use a SSD for the full disk, as opposed >> >> to just for the OS? Other than saving money, as a small SSD would cost >> a >> >> lot less! >> >> >> >> 2. I have seen recommendations on the net to backup the drive to a >> >> spinning drive. The laptop has a couple of bays, so I could put a back >> >> up drive in one of the bays. Does this make sense, or have SSDs matured >> >> enough that they will last like a spinning drive? >> >> >> >> 3. Anything else I should be aware of when moving to the world of SSDs? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. 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