Hi! Em [2022-01-03 seg 10:03:08-0500], Michael Stone escreveu:
> On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 08:42:29AM -0300, Jorge P. de Morais Neto wrote: >>Indeed I use such high compression to prolong SSD lifetime. > > This is probably misguided and useless at best, at worst you're causing > additional writes because compressed data is generally hard to modify in > place without rewriting substantial portions. But doesn't Btrfs compression work with small blocks? https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Compression#Are_there_speed_penalties_when_doing_random_access_to_a_compressed_file.3F Fedora change proposal of Btrfs transparent compression by default mentions increased flash-based media lifespan in the summary: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/BtrfsTransparentCompression#Summary > For reference, my main desktop which tracks debian unstable and gets > pretty much constant updates, does package builds, etc., has after > several years used...2% of its primary SSDs write capacity. Most > modern SSDs will never be used anywhere close to their limits before > being discarded as functionally obsolete. Just don't worry about it > and focus on other things. Thank you for the advice. Indeed I should be a bit less obsessed with certain details. I at least dropped the idea of messing with swappiness (as mentioned earlier in this thread) thanks to similar advice. I have a weakness for ricing which I must moderate. Kind regards -- - Many people hate injustice but few check the facts; this causes more injustice. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org> - I am Brazilian. I hope my English is correct and I welcome feedback. - https://www.defectivebydesign.org - https://www.gnu.org