On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 09:36, jdd
I wonder if it's a good idea to use a small ssd drive (now afordable) for openSUSE system on a desktop, and with what config. 20Gb is much more than necessary for the system.
I suppose it's better to move variable parts to standard HDD (/var, /tmp, /etc??)
any experience?
There was a long discussion on this a few weeks ago, and the conclusion is... there is no conclusion. People seem to be divided into two camps: - those who think that writing too much to the SSD will kill it in short order,a nd so they move all the high write partitions off the drive - those who say don't worry, just use the SSD like any drive and keep /swap, /tmp, /etc on the SSD Both groups can point to anecdotal "evidence" that proves their take on it. Personally I've researched and researched and researched on it and I've come to the conclusion that I'd side with the don't worry about it too much camp.... on the condition that you buy decent quality/capacity SSDs. The latest SSDs have a reasonably high write exhaustion threshold combined with wear leveling - under normal circumstances/use, you should see in excess of 20 years use out of an SSD barring any manufacturing defects. I say normal... as in normal home computer/desktop use. If you're planning on running a high volume use database or use it as server storage, that's a whole other ballgame... all bets are off etc etc. OCZ makes some nice PCIe SSD drives (VERY fast compared to SATA2 or SATA3 drives which are limited by the SATA bus speed)... if you look this direction, check to make sure you can boot to PCIe drives (assuming you'll make it your primary drive)... some PCIe SSD and motherboard combinations are not bootable. Crucial SSD drives also are quite highly rated... they were named several times in the previous discussion as a good choice (along side OCZ). The primary tip that seems to come from all discussions on and off the openSUSE mailing lists... is you get what you pay for. Buy a cheap SSD drive and you get a device where the manufacturer cut corners... in things like reduced "over provisioning" (means less space for wear leveling and this a drive that will wear out much sooner than other drives). C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org