From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3446913800E for ; Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:15:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D4132E07C7; Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:14:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7EFCE07B9 for ; Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:13:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vb0-f53.google.com ([209.85.212.53]:37007) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1Sszic-003cNS-1J for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:13:22 +0700 Received: by vbbfc26 with SMTP id fc26so4597288vbb.40 for ; Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:13:18 -0700 (PDT) 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.22.38 with SMTP id a6mr8889676vdf.37.1342977198471; Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:13:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.221.0.199 with HTTP; Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:13:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.221.0.199 with HTTP; Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:13:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20120720073144.GE2871@ca.inter.net> <1845885.eR33Cx4xls@localhost> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:13:18 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : (2) HDD or SSD ? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf307812ccdb385f04c56e3e49 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: 4e66fba3-6960-441e-9fe1-92d19143986a X-Archives-Hash: ef0b9475e6989dac86e0098a7174b1a4 --20cf307812ccdb385f04c56e3e49 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Jul 22, 2012 11:23 PM, "Jacques Montier" wrote: > > Hello, > > I have just a (maybe silly) question... > I saw on some forums that partitionning SSDs could slow down read/write access. > Is it true or simply intox ? > On my sata HD, i have boot, /, usr and home separated partitions. > What do you think of it ? > > Thank you, > > Cheers > My intuition said that separating a hard disk into several partitions should result in a slightly faster system, because writes to different partitions will not cause metadata contention (e.g., journal, volume bitmap, etc.) But that's just my intuition; I'd be very interested in a definitive answer from anyone well-versed in filesystems. Rgds, --20cf307812ccdb385f04c56e3e49 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8


On Jul 22, 2012 11:23 PM, "Jacques Montier" <jmontier@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have just a (maybe silly) question...
> I saw on some forums that partitionning SSDs could slow down read/write access.
> Is it true or simply intox ?
> On my sata HD, i have boot, /, usr and home separated partitions.
> What do you think of it ?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Cheers
>

My intuition said that separating a hard disk into several partitions should result in a slightly faster system, because writes to different partitions will not cause metadata contention (e.g., journal, volume bitmap, etc.)

But that's just my intuition; I'd be very interested in a definitive answer from anyone well-versed in filesystems.

Rgds,

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