2012/12/21 Javier Perez <pepebuho@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, Roberto, I understand your point. One is more likely to be shuffling > data than programs, therefore it is better to put the data on the faster > storage medium. > But the way I understand it, there is a limited number of times that one can > write to a SSD due to the intrinsic nature of the media. Therefore I would > not like to put write intensive files like data, caches, etc on this drive. > > Makes sense? > > Javier > Well, both yes, and no. There is a limit to how much data you can write to a SSD drive, so it is reasonable to reduce number of writes (e.g. mounting /tmp on tmpfs which is coming to Fedora helps). On the other hand current drives are designed to last several years under heavy load, e.g. Intel's SSD 330 is rated for 3 years of 20GB writes per day. I'd suggest you read warranty terms of drives you are interested in. If you find a drive that is covered by 3 or 5 year warranty under 15 GB/day it will last you a long time, and if it won't, you'll get a replacement from the vendor. As for the data placement scheme, what will be best for you depends heavily on how you expect to use the system. If I were to build a hybrid (SSD/HDD) system, I would put most of my /home on SSD, I would be strongly tempted to put the system on SSD too, and relegate HDD to storing media files (I do not edit audio/video, I listen to some music, and HDD is more than adequate for that), .iso images and virtual machine images (because SSDs are too expensive for me for bulk storage). If you are going to shell out for an SSD, then it's worth to put it, where it will make the biggest difference, i.e. where there are many random accesses, which kill HDDs. This means the documents you edit and the binaries you start, in this order. If you spend 15% of the system price on a part, that will give you 10-fold speed-up of a task, that constitutes 5% of the time you wait for the computer, you will not notice it much. If it gives you 10-fild speed-up of a task that constitutes 70% of the time you spend waiting for the computer, you'll notice where did your money go ;). Paweł -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
