At least with a total failure you know something is wrong, whereas
with a functioning but flaky SSD, you could be experiencing a slow
drip of bit rot. I guess that this is another possible reason to
avoid TLC and QLC drives.
Dave
On 11/8/19, Chris Cappuccio wrote:
> Raymond, David [david.raym..
Raymond, David [david.raym...@nmt.edu] wrote:
> Thanks for the insight on SSDs -- sounds like there is not much of an
> issue with modern drives.
>
If write endurance is a concern, you can buy higher grade SSDs that have
constant latency (at the expense of max speed) and a lot of extra flash.
I w
On 4/11/19 8:13 am, Raymond, David wrote:
> Thanks for the insight on SSDs -- sounds like there is not much of an
> issue with modern drives.
Well, you're at the mercy of the SSD firmware to "do the right thing"
and move the data around to ensure even wear levelling. Most do.
The fact that you s
Thanks for the insight on SSDs -- sounds like there is not much of an
issue with modern drives.
Dave Raymond
On 11/3/19, gwes wrote:
> On 11/2/19 4:10 PM, Raymond, David wrote:
>> I recently installed OpenBSD on a Lenovo X1 Carbon with a solid state
>> drive and it works great.
>>
>> My question
On 11/2/19 4:10 PM, Raymond, David wrote:
I recently installed OpenBSD on a Lenovo X1 Carbon with a solid state
drive and it works great.
My question is whether OpenBSD addresses the special characteristics
of solid state drives, especially those having to do with longevity
and reliability. I c
On 2019-11-02 16:10, Raymond, David wrote:
> I recently installed OpenBSD on a Lenovo X1 Carbon with a solid state
> drive and it works great.
yep.
> My question is whether OpenBSD addresses the special characteristics
> of solid state drives, especially those having to do with longevity
> and re
On 2019-11-02, Raymond, David wrote:
> I recently installed OpenBSD on a Lenovo X1 Carbon with a solid state
> drive and it works great.
>
> My question is whether OpenBSD addresses the special characteristics
> of solid state drives, especially those having to do with longevity
> and reliability.
[...]
> My question is whether OpenBSD addresses the special characteristics
> of solid state drives, especially those having to do with longevity
> and reliability. I can't find anything written on this. Linux has
> certain means for addressing this issue, such as fstrim as well as
> various ker
I recently installed OpenBSD on a Lenovo X1 Carbon with a solid state
drive and it works great.
My question is whether OpenBSD addresses the special characteristics
of solid state drives, especially those having to do with longevity
and reliability. I can't find anything written on this. Linux h
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