On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Peter Teoh <htmldeveloper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Any filesystem can be used for SSD, but some are better suited due to > SSD's hardware characteristic, among which is a lack of a moving > read/write head. so which are the FS specially written to take > advantage of this feature? > > http://www.cdrlabs.com/News/sandisk-introduces-advanced-flash-file-system-for-solid-state-drives.html > > sandisk have introduced self-claimed fastest FS for SSD. > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10028216-64.html > > here IBM is testing 4TB SSD. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/16/bitmicro_altima_tb_ssd/ > > Here is a 1.6TB SSD. > > http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=8025 > > Here is Samsung 512G SSD. > > And this Oct2008 article: > > Block layer: solid-state storage, timeouts, affinity, and more > http://lwn.net/Articles/303270/ in general, and the next: > http://lwn.net/Articles/293658/ highlighted the special feature of SSD > in particular. > > > -- > Regards, > Peter Teoh Those articles don't highlight it, but it is my understanding that in the linux vanilla kernel only ext4, vfat, and btrfs (new in 2.6.29 I believe) have been enhanced to make the DISCARD calls. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
