On Thursday 05 August 2021 01:02:54 pm Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Anno domini 2021 Thu, 05 Aug 16:36:10 +0000 > > dep scripsit: > > Hi, everybody! > > > > I'm giving some thought to putting an SSD in my desktop machine. The > > relatively small ones, ~500gb, have gotten pretty cheap, and they seem to > > be fairly reliable (though I can't say I utterly trust them, though > > traditional HDs aren't perfect in this regard, either). It seems that if > > properly employed, one could speed up my system considerably. > > > > But I thought I'd ask here before pushing the buy button. > > > > So . . . has anyone here used an SSD in a desktop machine? If so, what > > did you put on it? > > > > I have 20tb of storage on the machine, most of it big photo files, and I > > expect to keep all of it. Absent a compelling reason to the contrary, I'd > > keep ~/ on a conventional hard drive as well. My initial idea is putting > > the / partition and swap partitions on the thing, with everything home > > and below staying put. > > > > An additional consideration is my idea of keeping a fully current install > > where it is now, though not using it unless the SSD blows up. Is this > > reasonably easy to do, or would it be a giant pita? > > > > Anyone here have any experience doing this kind of thing? > > I have a Samsung 870 QVO 1TB - simply works. I tried two SanDisk SSD Plus, > both had bad sectors. As a data graveyard I'd not use SSDs. My old HDDs > (2000, 2005 and 2010) still are in perfect shape. Now they serve as my data > graveyard on FreeBSD+ZFS. Backups go to BD :) > > Nik > > > -- > > dep > > > > Pictures: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/depscribe/album > > Column: https://ofb.biz/author/dep/ > > ____________________________________________________ Agreed for long term backups, use a mechanical drive. SSDs are too you to know how long term disuse will affect them. Kate ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
