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On Friday, 21 December 2018 08:28:25 GMT J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> Considering that they, like all SSDs have a limited write cycle, I only use |
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> mine for the compiled software. I still use a tmpfs for compiling. |
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This box has a Samsung SM951 256GB NVMe drive, and it's 21 months old. It runs |
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BOINC projects 24/7/52 on all CPU 12 cores and is apparently as good as the |
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day it arrived. I do use a tmpfs for compiling though. |
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Dale is right - it's astonishingly fast. I read somewhere that its write speed |
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is 8 times that of an ordinary SSD. Kernel compilation takes just over 2 |
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minutes (2.5 for the 4.19 series). To think that I used to leave the then much |
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smaller kernel to compile overnight... |
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I want to fit a couple of ordinary SSDs as well, but I'm snookered by - |
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countersunk mounting screws! The ones I have stand about 1mm proud, which is |
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enough to stop the housing sliding home. I know - I should make the effort to |
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find some better screws. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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