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> My SSD (NVme/M2) is ext4 formatted and I found articles on the |
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> internet, that it is neither a good idea to activate the "discard" |
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> option at mount time nor to do a fstrim either at each file deletion |
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> no triggered by a cron job. |
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I have no desire to enter the whole performance/lifetime debate; I'd |
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just like to point out that one very real consequence of using fstrim |
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(or mounting with the discard option) that I haven't seen mentioned |
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often is that it makes the contents of any removed files Truly Gone(tm). |
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No more extundelete to save your back when you mistakenly rm something |
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that you haven't backed up for a while... |
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andrea |
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