Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:14:54 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Fred Morcos <fred.morcos@gmail.com> Subject: Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206211909330.4170@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20120621185538.a9aa6e5b.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CAH3a3KWEik7nViy2VDBka-a7X9Ew-NrFrW5hPQMT1d2UgGLpzA@mail.gmail.com> <jrt7n5$3js$2@dough.gmane.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206202155100.2866@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <CAH3a3KUWc_a_8Ts8m2VHEYx5TNoGKGv_zCgMxhRkPbC9wvziaQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120621185538.a9aa6e5b.freebsd@edvax.de>
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> the experimental development branch -HEAD, it _might_ happen that > the system doesn't even compile, but updated 30 minutes after > that "accident", it runs fine again. :-) > And finally unless doing tests or using private not-really-important computer, don't just install newest FreeBSD because it's out. I - and lot of others - still use 8.* for production while 9.* is out already for some time. Anyway i think that "bleeding edge" -HEAD release is still more stable than "stable" linux kernel. >> q) I would assume UFS with J+SU is "fast enough" for a laptop? > > I think so. For a laptop, you _might_ consider adding encryption. > Just in case. You never know. for a server - you MUST do this :) >> q) The second laptop has an SSD, would UFS with/without J and >> with/without SU or ZFS make more sense for it? > > There are several parameters that you can tweak (see "man tunefs"), > I would suggest a single partition spanning the whole SSD, and > journaling would not be contraproductive. s/would not/would/ i assume this as mistake. do not journal on SSD. it increases amount of writes, and fsck is quick anyway. do not forget of -t option with newfs (TRIM enable)
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