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From: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: trim for ssds
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:57:36
Message-Id: h83vjk$t6$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: trim for ssds by Stroller
1 On 09/07/2009 08:00 AM, Stroller wrote:
2 >
3 > On 7 Sep 2009, at 00:07, walt wrote:
4 >> On 09/06/2009 02:21 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote:
5 >>>
6 >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM_%28SSD_command%29
7 >>
8 >> ...How effective that is for extending the life of a SSD, I have no clue.
9 >
10 > Uh, extending the life of the SSD isn't the purpose.
11 >
12 > http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531&p=10
13 > (you really need to read the whole, LONG, article, starting at
14 > <http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531> to fully
15 > understand how SSDs work & the point of trim)
16
17 Great article(s), and a fascinating website. That makes two good
18 sites I've discovered in this one short thread.