[opensuse] Switching to SSD
I'm wanting to switch to a 120-250 GB SSD drive for just an OS drive for Tumbleweed, and want my /home on my existing 1 TB spinning rust drive. My current partition setup is about as simple as it gets:
lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 156M 0 part /boot/efi ├─sda2 8:2 0 4G 0 part [SWAP] ├─sda3 8:3 0 20G 0 part /var/log └─sda4 8:4 0 907.4G 0 part /home
From what I've read, there are a ton of different things one has the option of doing when switching to a SSD drive, such as enabling trim, creating a tmpfs, changing the default scheduler from cfq to deadline, overprovisioning the drive and many others. Since SSD's are so popular nowadays, I'm surprised that they aren't more plug and play with openSUSE. SSD's are practically zero configuration under Windows 10, so why isn't the same with openSUSE? I was planning on using btrfs and from what I've read trim is automatically enabled, so I guess I can skip that step? If my 1 TB spinning rust drive will be my /home, then that will be the default location for FF's cache directory which means it will slow down the system. It sounds like bcache is an option for that dilemma, but I'm hearing mixed reviews on it with stories about corruption, bad performance, etc. So what is the best way to setup what I'm trying to do? Some guides so far I've found are below, the openSUSE wiki being completely out of date as the last version there listed is 11.4 which came out in 2011. Is that info even relevant now? https://lizards.opensuse.org/2015/02/06/ssd-configuration-for-opensuse/ https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/ssd-in-opensuse https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:SSD_performance -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 20/05/2016 18:07, sdm a écrit :
From what I've read, there are a ton of different things one has the option of doing when switching to a SSD drive, such as enabling trim, creating a tmpfs, changing the default schedul
most ssd (the one I have) get a 3 years waranty, and I'm pretty sure in 3 years I will not keep the one I have now (already 480Gb). Also new kernel know if a disk is a ssd so I use only the defaults, thinking kernel guys are better than me :-) jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Op vrijdag 20 mei 2016 18:26:09 CEST schreef jdd:
Le 20/05/2016 18:07, sdm a écrit :
From what I've read, there are a ton of different things one has the
option of doing when switching to a SSD drive, such as enabling trim, creating a tmpfs, changing the default schedul
most ssd (the one I have) get a 3 years waranty, and I'm pretty sure in 3 years I will not keep the one I have now (already 480Gb). Also new kernel know if a disk is a ssd
This here:
so I use only the defaults, thinking kernel guys are better than me :-)
jdd
Hahaha, I said exactly the same on a dutch linux user group meeting yesterday .... -- Gertjan Lettink, a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board Member openSUSE Forums Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/20/2016 12:26 PM, jdd wrote:
so I use only the defaults, thinking kernel guys are better than me :-)
Ah yes, What Adam Smith called 'division of labour' and what we term "specialization". The problem with us *NIX type is that we tend to become "non-specializing specialists", develop a wide knowledge based on an understanding of a few basic patterns and rules that underlay how *NIX works. It means we can move comfortably between different version and implementations and aren't upset when we see the innards of OSX or of Android. And then there are the specialists-specialists ...Its often difficult to talk with them, they seem to have a different language. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/22/2016 07:57 AM, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 05/20/2016 12:26 PM, jdd wrote:
so I use only the defaults, thinking kernel guys are better than me :-) Ah yes, What Adam Smith called 'division of labour' and what we term "specialization".
The problem with us *NIX type is that we tend to become "non-specializing specialists", develop a wide knowledge based on an understanding of a few basic patterns and rules that underlay how *NIX works. It means we can move comfortably between different version and implementations and aren't upset when we see the innards of OSX or of Android. http://static.flickr.com/87/240803829_9212773615_o.png ;-)
And then there are the specialists-specialists ...Its often difficult to talk with them, they seem to have a different language.
-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/22/2016 08:05 AM, James Knott wrote:
On 05/22/2016 07:57 AM, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 05/20/2016 12:26 PM, jdd wrote:
so I use only the defaults, thinking kernel guys are better than me :-) Ah yes, What Adam Smith called 'division of labour' and what we term "specialization".
The problem with us *NIX type is that we tend to become "non-specializing specialists", develop a wide knowledge based on an understanding of a few basic patterns and rules that underlay how *NIX works. It means we can move comfortably between different version and implementations and aren't upset when we see the innards of OSX or of Android. http://static.flickr.com/87/240803829_9212773615_o.png ;-)
There's a 5th-order joke there. Back when, Bell, who were responsible for the origins of UNIX, had public payphones that cost a "nickel".
And then there are the specialists-specialists ...Its often difficult to talk with them, they seem to have a different language.
if we're trying to be humorous than ... http://www.zdnet.com/blog/murphy/why-many-mcses-wont-learn-linux/1137 -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/20/2016 12:07 PM, sdm wrote:
If my 1 TB spinning rust drive will be my /home, then that will be the default location for FF's cache directory which means it will slow down the system.
I think you need to read some articles such as https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1005267 OK so that guy is windows and wants it OFF his SSD. But if you have /tmp on the ssd, which strikes me as a good place for it in many ways, or have /var/run on it, which again, strikes me as a good place for it, the the use of the "browser.cache.disk.parent_directory" (you may have to create it) setting relocated there is a good thing. See also the settings for purging /tmp :-) -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
participants (5)
-
Anton Aylward -
James Knott -
jdd -
Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink -
sdm