On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 04:32, Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 18:11:37 -0700, fred roller wrote: > >My experience with the hybrid hdd/SSD was to partition main storage > >(data being less sought) on the hdd and, if memory serves me, put the > >boot partition on the hdd. I wasn't overly concerned with boot time > >since I rarely booted. What went on the SSD was anything that needs > >fast access etc. > > > >Personally, I put the few extra $$ in a 10k rpm hdd to help offset a > >bottle neck. Since then I moved to a pure SSD system and moved the 5 > >Tb of media to a network storage device. The one I bought supports ssh > >mounting and ais easily seen as just another directory. > > My machine has got 8 GiB of RAM. The default half of the available > memory, in my case 3.9 GiB are used for tmpfs. On Arch Linux, the Linux > I use more often than Ubuntu, /tmp is a tmpfs. It is enough space to > compile something that huge as a kernel in /tmp, but still not enough > to compile bloatware such as Firefox. > > On a hybrid it seems to be the best approach to care about everything > that needs fast access. IOW bloatware that is not running the whole > day, recording and playing real-time audio production data etc.. > > I would not care about boot time or applications that are loaded when > starting a session and then will run forever. IMO it doesn't matter if > starting a session takes 2 seconds or 2 minutes, neither if you turn > your computer off and on two times a day, let alone if it runs 24/7. > > As already pointed out, taking care about write cycles is a no-go for > me. I'm using my SSDs without taking special care and without worry. If > I would play my guitars less often, the frets would wear off less. If > I would walk less often wearing shoes... What after all does it amount > to? > > For backups and archiving data I'm using HDDs not just because those do > cost less money. HDDs that seldom spin down and up, IOW that either are > on or off most of the times, are safe for ages. > > Since SSDs are not that expensive anymore and I like to have a silent > computer, IMO it's best to use SSDs inside the computer only and to use > external HDDs. > > You could have archives with hundreds of TiB on external media, inside > the computer likely most of us usually just need between 500 GiB and 1 > TiB. > > To backup my 1 TiB iPadPro with my Linux PC I soon or later will mount > an additional TiB to the around 1 TiB of SSD already mounted to my Linux > PC. > > Many thanks for all the interesting responses. I think it has convinced me to go SSD only inside the PC and put all the music & videos on a NAS for access from PC/phone/tablet/TV. Ralf, I especially like your "not treating them with kid gloves" attitude - love the guitar frets analogy! Staying on SSDs just for one more question - is TRIM still important/necessary? David
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