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 TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD944138350 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 20:12:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 10606E0D42; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 20:12:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout01.posteo.de (mout01.posteo.de [185.67.36.65]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A6FDE0C3F for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 20:12:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E7B3316005E for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 22:12:03 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.de; s=2017; t=1586117523; bh=umvih1+TF422kOE913OJwWKEd04LVeO/C0sQAHPsAoc=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:From; b=bRVdeLVP/GEcMQbqKx7FIsAdNifDKRbOLkJW7EzR3zQcDSqWZs7ci6UXQvjFgeFC3 hfU43TYOPUm2ClLx7TsGxQvaJBz+rvOCu0kI4T55etWYapfglixJdLc8C3kSFPb4pC e8zUeqNC4kG1duxMkr8ENR/WgV3K1Kg+powVsLYg0iL1tIe2TN6z13AmNrR6YmTMI5 S6Kz/j7OM4CcWHdR3nWj2Yl33QlYKG7j4DbmVn2lSue65q18Zaj7CbmoURR/Km5I/p 3SmMm25ucNAG+Bkf5PyAOyjLTd22PNFJJzQBNuZdDNI3haFadQUX+tkeEmV3/MT+NF u2g33GHCwyEgw== Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 48wPw331FGz6tmY for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 22:12:03 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 22:12:03 +0200 From: tuxic@posteo.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or? Message-ID: <20200405201203.nuwxqynomupkkiul@solfire> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20200405171245.w7l2oyp63rt5i2qw@solfire> 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-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Archives-Salt: 5cc6dc2d-88a6-4cdc-a631-cbd13bf42b52 X-Archives-Hash: 46fba2c9be310d2678b548fa4d47d55a On 04/05 08:41, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 5 April 2020 19:12:45 CEST, tuxic@posteo.de wrote: > >Hi, > > > >currentlu I am preparing a new Gentoo Linux by compiling all > >the application I had on my old system. > > > >Due to delivery problems (corona) my SSD was delivered today > >(or yesterday...it depends...;) . > > > >When the whole compilation has finished and the system boots it > >needs to be transfered to the SSD. > > > >The SSD has a heat spreader...so it gets hot, when used. > > > >Is it wise to copy the whole root system to the SSD in one go > >in respect to a not so healthy heat increase? > > > >And if not...how can I copy the root system in portions > >to the SSD and do not miss anything? > > > >Are there SDD-friendly and SSD-unfriendlu methods of copying > >greater chunks of data to a SSD (rsync, tar-pipe, cp....)? > >What is recommended here? > > > >Thanks a lot for any help for a SSD newbie in advance! > > > >Cheers! And stay heathy! > >Meino > > I have been using SSDs for over 7 years now and never worried about them overheating. > In my opinion, if the drive can't handle a copy operation of 20GB (how much bigger is your root partition?) it should be replaced from day one. > > I only keep the portage compile dir and browser caches in RAM, the rest stays on the SSD. And as I mentioned in a previous thread about SSDs, I only had one failure after 6.5 years. (That drive also had SWAP on it and I didn't offload the browser caches yet on that one). > > Like Mark said, it is good to keep an eye on it, but if you use decent brand SSDs (Samsung and Intel), you should be able to expect 5+ years of heavy usage. > > -- > Joost > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > Hi, I found a minute ago: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=2020-Linux-Kernel-SATA-Temps Cheers! Meino