On Sun, 21 Sep 2014 18:23:36 -0400 KS <list...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently reinstalled my system on two SDD that I got (Intel 530 > 240GB -f/w updated and a Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB - f/w > 520ABFF0 (latest 525ABFF0)). I have the main system running on the > Intel SSD (LVM) and a partition on the Kingston for my VMs. > > Off lately, I have noticed that the VMs (Windows or Linux) take more > than a minute to give me the login screen. I have destroyed a Linux > Mint VM completely and reinstalled it with no change in performance. > My physical system starts up and gives me the login screen in less > than 30sec! > > hdparm gives me the performance of Kingston as below (a normal HDD > gives 75MB/s buffered reads): > > /dev/sdd: > Timing buffered disk reads: 8 MB in 3.31 seconds = 2.41 MB/sec > > while the Intel: > /dev/sda1: > Timing buffered disk reads: 186 MB in 0.61 seconds = 304.46 MB/sec > > I haven't been able to find a way to install the latest firmware for > the Kingston yet. Is there anything else that I can change to get it > to work normally. > > Thanks, > KS
Hi KS, Over time, SSD's get, for want of a better word, fragmented. Especially if they endure a lot of writes. Many times, this "fragmentation" can be corrected. See this: https://sites.google.com/site/lightrush/random-1/howtoconfigureext4toenabletrimforssdsonubuntu HTH, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140921190853.65097...@mydesq2.domain.cxm
