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 3DDE015ACFB for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:52:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9CC96E08D9; Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:52:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.io (ciao.gmane.io [116.202.254.214]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 51965E08CD for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:52:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pomhL-0003ox-6O for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:52:47 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Nikos Chantziaras Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Finally got a SSD drive to put my OS on Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:52:42 +0300 Message-ID: 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-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.10.0 Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <3a8a143d-38f0-b7ea-4aa1-10c0b3a2a1e0@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 64de66a1-5345-49f1-aecc-1209f2b321ee X-Archives-Hash: 842e308d49127655662a7f2c07d170f5 On 16/04/2023 01:47, Dale wrote: > Anything else that makes these special?  Any tips or tricks? Only three things. 1. Make sure the fstrim service is active (should run every week by default, at least with systemd, "systemctl enable fstrim.timer".) 2. Don't use the "discard" mount option. 3. Use smartctl to keep track of TBW. People are always mentioning performance, but it's not the important factor for me. The more important factor is longevity. You want your storage device to last as long as possible, and fstrim helps, discard hurts. With "smartctl -x /dev/sda" (or whatever device your SSD is in /dev) pay attention to the "Data Units Written" field. Your 500GB 870 Evo has a TBW of 300TBW. That's "terabytes written". This is the manufacturer's "guarantee" that the device won't fail prior to writing that many terabytes to it. When you reach that, it doesn't mean it will fail, but it does mean you might want to start thinking of replacing it with a new one just in case, and then keep using it as a secondary drive. If you use KDE, you can also view that SMART data in the "SMART Status" UI (just type "SMART status" in the KDE application launcher.)