My regular machine has a Seagate SATA 320 GB ( 3 Gb/s 16 MB ).

Have SSDs reached the point where they are reliable & long-lasting ?
Should I perhaps install an SSD for some uses + an HDD for others ?
Is it viable to use an SSD for Portage ?

Apart from Portage + a few everyday files,
there isn't much churn among the stuff I have on my existing HDD (above).

I saw a recent thread on this topic, but further thoughts are welcome.

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On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:31:44 -0400, Philip Webb wrote:

> Have SSDs reached the point where they are reliable & long-lasting ?

Yes.

> Should I perhaps install an SSD for some uses + an HDD for others ?

That depends on how much storage you need. For large file storage,
especially things like video and ISO images where speed is less
important, a hard drive is good.

> Is it viable to use an SSD for Portage ?

Yes.


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On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 2:31 AM, Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net> wrote:
> Is it viable to use an SSD for Portage ?

My nearly decade-old laptop, with a crappy Chinese brand of PATA SSD
blows away my i7 desktop which has a fast HDD and 12GB of RAM when it
comes to emerge --sync and portage searches. Not to mention the laptop
boots to graphical login prompt in less than 5 seconds after I choose
Linux in the GRUB menu. Less heat and power usage, too.

So I think any modern computer with modern SSD should really fly.

Am Freitag, 20. Juli 2012, 03:31:44 schrieb Philip Webb:
> My regular machine has a Seagate SATA 320 GB ( 3 Gb/s 16 MB ).
>
> Have SSDs reached the point where they are reliable & long-lasting ?
> Should I perhaps install an SSD for some uses + an HDD for others ?
> Is it viable to use an SSD for Portage ?
>
> Apart from Portage + a few everyday files,
> there isn't much churn among the stuff I have on my existing HDD (above).
>
> I saw a recent thread on this topic, but further thoughts are welcome.

forget the i7. Buy something a lot cheaper and invest the money into a nice,
fat SSD like Vertex3.

Money well spent.

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#163933

Hello,
I have just a (maybe silly) question...I saw on some forums that partitionning SSDs could slow down read/write access.Is it true or simply intox ?On my sata HD, i have boot, /, usr and home separated partitions.
What do you think of it ?
Thank you,
Cheers
--Jacques*

2012/7/20 Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>

Am Freitag, 20. Juli 2012, 03:31:44 schrieb Philip Webb:

> My regular machine has a Seagate SATA 320 GB ( 3 Gb/s 16 MB ).

>

> Have SSDs reached the point where they are reliable & long-lasting ?

> Should I perhaps install an SSD for some uses + an HDD for others ?

> Is it viable to use an SSD for Portage ?

>

> Apart from Portage + a few everyday files,

> there isn't much churn among the stuff I have on my existing HDD (above).

>

> I saw a recent thread on this topic, but further thoughts are welcome.



forget the i7. Buy something a lot cheaper and invest the money into a nice,

fat SSD like Vertex3.



Money well spent.



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#163933

> I have just a (maybe silly) question...
> I saw on some forums that partitionning SSDs could slow down read/write
> access.
> Is it true or simply intox ?
> On my sata HD, i have boot, /, usr and home separated partitions.
> What do you think of it ?

This could happen of the partitions on the SSD are not properly aligned.
The guides I know on this subject are german, but thats no problem, just
do a google search for something like "linux ssd partition alignment".
There you will find all the ansers you need.

If I remember correctly parted has a built-in alignment check.

On Jul 22, 2012 11:23 PM, "Jacques Montier" <jmontier@gmail.com> wrote:

>

> Hello,

>

> I have just a (maybe silly) question...

> I saw on some forums that partitionning SSDs could slow down read/write access.

> Is it true or simply intox ?

> On my sata HD, i have boot, /, usr and home separated partitions.

> What do you think of it ?

>

> Thank you,

>

> Cheers

>


My intuition said that separating a hard disk into several partitions should result in a slightly faster system, because writes to different partitions will not cause metadata contention (e.g., journal, volume bitmap, etc.)



But that's just my intuition; I'd be very interested in a definitive answer from anyone well-versed in filesystems.


Rgds,

Thanks Michael
--Jacques

2012/7/22 Michael Hampicke <gentoo-user@hadt.biz>

> I have just a (maybe silly) question...

> I saw on some forums that partitionning SSDs could slow down read/write

> access.

> Is it true or simply intox ?

> On my sata HD, i have boot, /, usr and home separated partitions.

> What do you think of it ?



This could happen of the partitions on the SSD are not properly aligned.

The guides I know on this subject are german, but thats no problem, just

do a google search for something like "linux ssd partition alignment".

There you will find all the ansers you need.



If I remember correctly parted has a built-in alignment check.

On Jul 23, 2012 12:05 AM, "Michael Hampicke" <gentoo-user@hadt.biz> wrote:

>

> > I have just a (maybe silly) question...

> > I saw on some forums that partitionning SSDs could slow down read/write

> > access.

> > Is it true or simply intox ?

> > On my sata HD, i have boot, /, usr and home separated partitions.

> > What do you think of it ?

>

> This could happen of the partitions on the SSD are not properly aligned.

> The guides I know on this subject are german, but thats no problem, just

> do a google search for something like "linux ssd partition alignment".

> There you will find all the ansers you need.

>

> If I remember correctly parted has a built-in alignment check.

>


Even the venerable fdisk now properly align partitions, IIRC.


Rgds,

Am 22.07.2012 19:30, schrieb Pandu Poluan:
>
> On Jul 23, 2012 12:05 AM, "Michael Hampicke" <gentoo-user@hadt.biz
> <mailto:gentoo-user@hadt.biz>> wrote:
>>
>> > I have just a (maybe silly) question...
>> > I saw on some forums that partitionning SSDs could slow down read/write
>> > access.
>> > Is it true or simply intox ?
>> > On my sata HD, i have boot, /, usr and home separated partitions.
>> > What do you think of it ?
>>
>> This could happen of the partitions on the SSD are not properly aligned.
>> The guides I know on this subject are german, but thats no problem, just
>> do a google search for something like "linux ssd partition alignment".
>> There you will find all the ansers you need.
>>
>> If I remember correctly parted has a built-in alignment check.
>>
>
> Even the venerable fdisk now properly align partitions, IIRC.
>
> Rgds,
>

cfdisk is one of the few that don't.