From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 807AA15ACFB for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2023 07:19:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1C578E092B; Sun, 16 Apr 2023 07:19:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01b.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01b.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.21]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA833E07D3 for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2023 07:19:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=wstn.localnet) by smarthost01b.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pnwf6-0002sH-5A for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Apr 2023 07:19:00 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Finally got a SSD drive to put my OS on Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:18:59 +0100 Message-ID: <12194979.O9o76ZdvQC@wstn> In-Reply-To: References: <3a8a143d-38f0-b7ea-4aa1-10c0b3a2a1e0@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost01b-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 472f90d3-de6e-421e-bf69-e007fd7a4272 X-Archives-Hash: 0e8542fc727c98067d64e8b3f351ae23 On Sunday, 16 April 2023 02:47:00 BST William Kenworthy wrote: > look into mount options for SSD's (discard option) and "fstrim" for > maintenance. (read up on trimmimg - doing a manual trim before the drive > reaches full allocation (they delete files, but do not erase them > because erasing is time consuming so its an OS controlled operation) or > auto trimming (which can cause serious pauses at awkward times) can > prevent serious performance degradation as it has to erase before > writing. I am not sure of the current status but in the early days of > SSD's, this was serious concern. In short, see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/SSD . :) -- Regards, Peter.