On 12/21/2017 04:21 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2017-12-21 at 20:04 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 12/21/17 19:06, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> On Thu, 2017-12-21 at 18:14 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 2017-12-21 at 16:58 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >>>>>> Oh, and BTW, you should consider enabling fstrim.target as this has been shown to >>>>>> help maintain performance over time. >>>>> >>>>> fstrim.target doesn't appear to be in the standard repos. Is this a >>>>> personal script? >>>>> >>>> >>>> I don't know if there is a specific package that supplies it. Could be the kernel.... >>>> >>>> [egreshko@meimei ~]$ ls /lib/systemd/system/fstrim.* >>>> /lib/systemd/system/fstrim.service /lib/systemd/system/fstrim.timer >>> >>> That explains it. You had mentioned fstrim.target, not fstrim.service. >>> >> >> Ooops... I should have said "enable fstrim.timer" >> >> Thanks for catching that. > > Thank you for mentioning it. I have an SSD and occasionally have used > fstrim but wasn't aware of the fstrim.timer option. And for those of you using SSDs, make sure you have a good backup plan in place. SSDs are fast and a lot more reliable than they used to be. However, when they die, they die suddenly and catastrophically--and typically with no warning. I make it a rule to back up to magnetic media frequently as I've been bitten by that issue often in the past. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Life: That which happens while you search for the remote control. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
