On Friday, 21 December 2018 08:28:25 GMT J. Roeleveld wrote: > Considering that they, like all SSDs have a limited write cycle, I only use > mine for the compiled software. I still use a tmpfs for compiling.
This box has a Samsung SM951 256GB NVMe drive, and it's 21 months old. It runs BOINC projects 24/7/52 on all CPU 12 cores and is apparently as good as the day it arrived. I do use a tmpfs for compiling though. Dale is right - it's astonishingly fast. I read somewhere that its write speed is 8 times that of an ordinary SSD. Kernel compilation takes just over 2 minutes (2.5 for the 4.19 series). To think that I used to leave the then much smaller kernel to compile overnight... I want to fit a couple of ordinary SSDs as well, but I'm snookered by - countersunk mounting screws! The ones I have stand about 1mm proud, which is enough to stop the housing sliding home. I know - I should make the effort to find some better screws. -- Regards, Peter.
