So, shall we stop using RAIDs then because your drives still alive then? The question is to use tmpfs for /var/tmp/portage or not. I think yes without doubt because you increase the lifespam of your drive. Maybe 1 month, 2, 5 whatever. It will last more time that if you don't do. Also you have to make it properly, without swapping to disk. But I have the opinion that if you can use it you should use it. El 24/7/25 a las 20:20, Immolo escribió: > And this changes what I said how? > > On Thu, 24 Jul 2025, 19:17 Javier Martinez, > wrote: > > El 24/7/25 a las 19:56, Immolo escribió: > >  >  If you don't use RAM as tmpfs maybe your harddisk will live 5 > years, > > > > I must have some defective drives or something as my IDE drives > from the > > 90s are still going..... > > > > As for nvmes, I brought mine in 2017 and is currently showing  `Data > > Units Written : 192018934 (98.31 TB)` > > I don't do anything too intense, just a weekly emptyree rebuild > of world > > using the latest GCC snapshot to help track early bugs. > > > > If you are worried about earlier SSDs then my little 60GB SSD I > bought > > in 2008 is also doing fine as a Gentoo machine rootfs. > > > > If you have any other questions about hardware life cycles then > please > > free to ask. > > > > immolo > > IDE are mechanicals units, his lifespan depends entirely of mechanics > components, SSD not. It can be a cuestion of luck, but I have lost a > lot > of drives, most of them standard mechanics IDE,SATA drives. > > Lastly one SEAGATE of two TB mechanic bought at the same time that one > SSD of 512GB died. The SSD not yet, but the SEAGATE had a lot more use > than the other. I protected this SSD from writings but as you can see: > > Data Units Read:                    78.061.867 [39,9 TB] > Data Units Written:                 35.723.270 [18,2 TB] > > > It has his work done > > If you protect your drives his lifespans will get increased. But you > have to take care of them >