On point 3, hybrid SSD drives usually just present a standard IDE interface - just use a SATA controller and you don't need to worry about it
--- âLanie, Iâm going to print more printers. Lots more printers. One for everyone. Thatâs worth going to jail for. Thatâs worth anything.â - Printcrime by Cory Doctrow Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Mikael <[email protected]> wrote: > Wait, just for my (and I guesss some others') clarity, three questions > here: > > 1) From the article, what can we see that Ext4/Linux actually did wrong > here? - Is it that the TRUNCATE command should be abandoned completely, or > was it how it matched supported/unsupported drives, or something else? > > > 2) General on SSD: When an SSD starts to shrink because it starts to wear > out, how is this handled and how does this appear to the OS, logs, and > system software? > > > 3) On OBSD, how would you generally suggest to make a magnet-SSD hybrid > disk setup where the SSD gives the speed and maget storage security? > > > Thanks! > > > > 2015-06-17 23:17 GMT+05:30 Mariano Ignacio Baragiola < > [email protected]>: > > > On 17/06/15 08:05, frantisek holop wrote: > > > >> https://blog.algolia.com/when-solid-state-drives-are-not-that-solid/ > >> > >> also note the part relating to ext4: > >> > >> "I have to admit, I slept better before reading the > >> changelog." > >> > >> > >> fast, features, realiable: pick any 2. > >> > >> -f > >> > >> > > I don't think TRIM is to blame here. I don't understand > > why someone on their sane mind would use latests versions > > of Ubuntu and Linux for servers. And yes, I know "Ubuntu > > for Servers" is a thing, and yes, I know the fight this > > instability with redundancy, but stil... > > > > About EXT4: it is not exactly the most trust-worthy filesystem > > there is. > > > > Interesting reading, though.
