6 Aug
2021
6 Aug
'21
12:15 p.m.
Hi dep,
From what I've been able to read, the failures are more likely during
writes, which does make me wonder as to the wisdom of putting /swap
on the SSD.
SSD's have a wear-levelling algorithm. That means, very very short
explained, *all* cells get written to the same amount of times and
therefore wear out evenly. Put swap on it.
But to extend the lifespan
of the SSD, don't partition the total 500GB, stop at let's say 475GB.
These 25GB can then be used by the fault-detection of the SSD to
compensate for "rotten" cells in the workspace.
But a significant speed improvement in program execution would be welcome.
Put everything, that is executable or needed by other programs on the
SSD! Only the pure data (photos aso.) should stay on the harddrives.
Still trying to figure out a way that apt upgrade would upgrade both
an SSD boot and an installation on a conventional hard drive, because
in the event of an SSD failure I'd like to be able to pop the case,
move the connector, and reboot with no other intervention.
Maybe you find another, better solution, but I would suggest:
Make one harddrive bootable
Install on the SSD backintime with as backup-medium that harddrive
After having apt-upgraded run backintime and the harddrive should be a
mirror of the SSD.
Regards.