Ken Moffat wrote: > Solid-state storage has a finite number of read/write cycles. If > the filesystem is designed for solid-state storage it will work > around this. A regular filesystem such as ext4 or xfs will cause a > lot of extra writes.
Not so much if you mount with options 'noatime,discard,data=writeback' > So, for a simple system, such as a firewall, I think you can expect > reasonable life - provided you do not log to the "disk", and do not > compile on it. If I was trying this I would develop on a real disk, > then copy that system to a card once it appeared to work. Yes, that's what I did, but note also that I do have an Intel SSD with SATA communication, not a cheap usb based plug-in. In other words, the drive is designed for permanent use. > But _building_ a system from source is different - an enormous > number of files are extracted from tarballs, compiled to object > files, then linked to new executables and libraries. This is what > uses up the erase cycles of the solid-state storage. Very true. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
