On Sunday, 3 September 2017 21:56:43 BST R0b0t1 wrote: > On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 2:39 AM, Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > > On Sunday, 3 September 2017 03:34:06 BST R0b0t1 wrote: > >> On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 8:49 AM, Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> > > > > wrote: > >> > A week or two ago I was investigating some other weirdnesses and at > >> > one > >> > point I zeroed out the first partition: the unformatted one > >> > containing > >> > the UEFI data. It took longer than I expected, having only 2MB to > >> > fill. > >> > I wonder if it strayed outside the partition... > >> > >> Are you trimming your drive? > > > > Yes; this is root's crontab: > > > > 9 3,15 * * * /sbin/fstrim -a > > I think a reduction in drive performance (when you are maintaining it > properly) is the best argument for being ready to replace the drive, > as this seems unlikely to happen to me unless the drive is actually > wearing out.
I haven't noticed any degradation of performance, though I haven't run any tests. > At the same time I have seen this exact situation fixed by a firmware > upgrade. Still, this seems more alarming than the other issues you've > described. Do you mean the firmware of the NVMe drive? How would I go about that? I don't see any mention of firmware on Samsung's site. -- Regards Peter
