On 09/04/2015 01:56 PM, Pete Travis wrote:
On Sep 4, 2015 3:14 PM, "Richard Shaw" <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > I have two drives in my desktop computer, a 500GB for / and /var which is failing, and a 1TB drive for /home and swap. > > Cost is definitely an issue so I have narrowed my options down to a 1TB drive for about $53 or a 256MB SSD for about $86. > > Obviously the SSD is about half the size of my current failing drive. I think I can squeeze things down a bit to make it fit and I REALLY want to get an SSD. > > With current reliability of MLC SSD's is it a good idea to put /var on an SSD? The major users there would be BackupPC and all the chroots/cache for mock packaging builds. > > Thanks, > Richard > > -- > Absolutely get a *quality* SSD. I've had a Samsung 830 since they were new and use mock and got and more on a frequent basis, with no ill effects. I've had three spinning drives fail during that time, with varied uses ; a fourth is now due for replacement. Even if life expectancy were half that of a spinning drive instead of an order of magnitude more, I'd still get one for performance reasons.
And I will reiterate my recommendations: If you use an SSD for anything critical, BACK UP OFTEN to some other device. SSDs are fast, but when they die, it's typically sudden, with no warning, catastrophic and irrecoverable. It doesn't happen as often as it did, but it's pretty ugly. We have a bunch of Mac users and I cannot tell you how many times I've had Macbooks crap out (even with Samsung SSDs) and the only way back was using TimeMachine backups done to a big HP storage array. I have SSDs in my Dell and HP laptops for battery life reasons, but they get backed up twice a week and more often if I've done some heavy lifting (development work) with them. I'm just sayin'! Better safe than sorry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - A friend said he climbed to the top of Mount Rainier. My view is - - that if there's no elevator, it must not be that interesting. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
