[PLUG] Using a SSD

Louis Kowolowski louisk at cryptomonkeys.org
Fri Jan 10 19:23:43 UTC 2014


I haven’t tried this on Linux, but on FreeBSD, I make /tmp a memory filesystem of somewhere between 500M and 2G, depending on anticipated need.


On Jan 9, 2014, at 2:36 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:

>   I'm finishing (finally) assembly of a new server/workstation. It has a
> 60G SSD drive as /dev/sda and a 750G mechanical hard drive as /dev/sdb. I'm
> collecting opinions on what partitions to mount on the SSD. So far I've
> received a few on linuxquestions.org and would like the thoughts of folks
> here.
> 
>   The current partioning (which I've used for years) is:
> 
> /dev/sda3        swap
> /dev/sda1        / 
> /dev/sda2        /boot
> /dev/sda5        /home
> /dev/sda6        /usr 
> /dev/sda7        /opt 
> /dev/sda8        /var 
> /dev/sda9        /tmp
> 
>   Having multiple partitions should (still) allow quicker access.
> 
>   A couple of folks on LQ suggested putting / and swap on the SSD. The Arch
> Linux wiki advises keeping /tmp on a mechanical drive to reduce writes.
> /home, /opt, /var can also be expected to have a lot of writes and a lot of
> small files.
> 
>   I'm thinking of removing /boot as a separate partition and putting /,
> swap, and /usr on the SSD. I am, of course, open to suggestions. And I do
> need to learn about TRIM on ext4 (or one of the other file systems that
> support it).
> 
>   All this after I get the current network running properly again.
> 
> Rich
> 
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Louis Kowolowski                                louisk at cryptomonkeys.org
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