Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 09:12:06 -0400 From: Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com> To: "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using an SSD "disk" for / Message-ID: <190E58BD-6D27-4522-848D-C7E04FEC4B98@foolishgames.com> In-Reply-To: <4CD04AEC.8040607@aldan.algebra.com> References: <4CD04AEC.8040607@aldan.algebra.com>
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On Nov 2, 2010, at 1:31 PM, Mikhail T. wrote: > Hello! >=20 > I'm setting up a new system and would like to use a moderate (64Gb or = 128Gb) SSD-drive to boot from. >=20 > This will house /, /var, /home, and the /usr/local and thus see plenty = of activity, whenever src and ports are updated, or "world" is remade, = or packages are upgraded. I'm hoping, these operations would be much = faster, than with a regular HDD. >=20 > However, people mention, that SSDs develop /severe/ performance = degradation if written to A LOT -- unless some SDD-specific operation = (TRIM) is used, but not all Operating Systems support that... Does = FreeBSD-8? Is that sufficient, or will an SSD degrade quickly anyway? >=20 > Does anyone use an SSD under FreeBSD? Which brand/model? Are you happy = with it? I setup a pfsense system at work with an Intel SSD. It was overkill, = but we wanted high uptime. It was well worth the money. Not all SSDs = are created equal. Early this year, I built a server with an Imation = 32GB SSD as a boot drive and it failed on me within 3 months. I could = read the data off it, but it was no longer writable. Don't get cheap if = you go with SSD. It burned me. =20 Lucas Holt Luke@FoolishGames.com ________________________________________________________ MidnightBSD.org (Free OS) JustJournal.com (Free blogging)
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