Dave Howorth wrote:
I've just bought my first SSD disks (Crucial MX500). I plan to install one on my desktop, replacing the DVD player which I'll move to USB, and use one with an RPi I have.
With the one on my desktop I plan to install 15.1, probably as a fresh install, and then make some links to connect it to my existing data on the rotating rust. That way I'll still hopefully be able to boot the existing 15.0 off the rust if necessary.
Does that sound like a reasonable plan?
Yup.
I'm currently stuck at the first step (well actually the second, I've managed to put one of the SSD into a USB enclosure and connect to it) - namely how should I format it? My 15.0 system has BtrFS with lots of subvolumes, which is another reason to do a new install. Are there any reasons to prefer particular filesystems on SSDs, like with SD cards, or do I just treat it the same as HDD? What do people use?
Treat it like a normal harddrive, yes. I have also been a laggard when it comes to switching - I use SSD mostly as cache devices in our storage servers, which has prolonged their usefulness no end. They are old and in dire need of upgrading were it not for SSD caching. Otherwise I have one desktop on SSD. I am planning to switch my mythtv database system to SSD, maybe even this weekend. The two new drives have just arrived today. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (2.1°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - dedicated server rental in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org