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On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 12:54 AM, Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> No, I wouldn't get 1TB SSD too expensive but something like 300GB I might |
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> consider it. |
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> Are they worth the investment? What brand do you have and how long? |
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SSDs improve performance significantly, but as you point out they are |
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quite expensive. If you use one you should consider using a |
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filesystem optimized for flash. |
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If you're talking about a laptop then your options are going to be |
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limited, since they're typically not overflowing with drive bays. |
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However, for a desktop/server I would recommend a small SSD for the OS |
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and selected other files, and spinning disks for general storage. I |
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have a 64GB SSD which is fairly inexpensive and use it for my root, |
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but home and selected directories out of var are on spinning disk. |
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So, I can have 7TB of disk space and keep the cost reasonably low, and |
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get almost the same benefit out of having the most-frequently-accessed |
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files on SSD. I use RAID for the spinning disks, and do daily backups |
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of the SSD - little of importance on the SSD changes all that often |
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anyway and since it is only 64GB a restore will go quickly. |
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I actually mount my browser cache, /var/tmp, and /usr/portage on |
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tmpfs. Distfiles and pkgdir are on the spinning disks. |
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If the /usr move ever becomes an option on Gentoo then it would get |
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even simpler - stick /usr on the SSD. |
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Rich |