Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Recommended CPU and cooling system

[Javier Martinez <tazok.id0@gmail.com>]

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And also RAIDs are unnecessary because none of your drives died. Isn't it?

The evidence says that harddisks died more and sooner than RAM modules, 
this is a fact that you can check asking your knowns. So logic says that 
its better use RAM for this kind of tasks than harddisks.



El 24/7/25 a las 20:33, Immolo escribió:
> Based on the evidence of multiple computers running different types of 
> storage for the last 2 decades. No I don't think its worth using tmpfs 
> for portage as I've seen no benefit to drive heath nor speed increase.
> 
> Immolo
> 
> On Thu, 24 Jul 2025, 19:29 Javier Martinez, <tazok.id0@gmail.com 
> <mailto:tazok.id0@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     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, <tazok.id0@gmail.com
>     <mailto:tazok.id0@gmail.com>
>      > <mailto:tazok.id0@gmail.com <mailto:tazok.id0@gmail.com>>> 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
>      >
> 


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