On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 06:59:53AM +0100, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > Hi, > > currentlu I am setting up a new PC for my 12-years old one, > which has reached the limits of its "computational power" :) > > SSDs are a common replacement for HDs nowaday -- but I still trust my > HDs more than this "flashy" things...call me retro or oldschool, but > it my current "Bauchgefühl" (gut feeling). > > To reduce write cycles to the SSD, which are quite a lot when using > UNIX/Limux (logging etc) and especially GENTOO (compiling sources > instead of using binary packages -- which is GOOD!), I am planning > the following setup: > > The sustem will boot from SSD. > > The HD will contain the whole system including the complete root > filesustem. Updateing, installing via Gentoo tools will run using > the HD. If that process has ended, I will rsync the HD based root > fileystem to the SSD. > > Folders, which will be written to by the sustem while running will > be symlinked to the HD. > > This should work...? > > Or is there another idea to setup a system which will benefit from > the advantages of a SSD by avoiding its disadvantages?
I use tmpfs to reduce compilation writes [1]. tmpfs /var/tmp/portage/ tmpfs uid=portage,gid=portage,mode=0775,size=2G,noatime 0 0 tmpfs /tmp/ tmpfs mode=0777,size=1G,noexec,nosuid,noatime 0 0 2G is usually enough for most of packages. [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Portage_TMPDIR_on_tmpfs Petr
