On 16-06-19 11:56:57, Sj??holm Per-Olov wrote: > Hi > > Does anyone know if there exist any list of recommendations about how to make > an SSD disk to live as long as possible when using it for firewall purpose on > OpenBSD? It seems that OpenBSD lack some features related to SSDs like TRIM. > SSDs are getting more popular, but I cannot find much info in the OpenBSD FAQ > or on misc. Also, it is not that easy to get a good understanding of how long > an average good SSD will really live with average disk writes from the specs. > And there a more than one way to give specs about this where DWPD is one and > MTBF is another. > > Therefor I at least want to do the easy steps to make it long lived... > > Softdep is probably a good thing. What else? And I think of rewriting the > logging handling with dates in /var/log to avoid a move of all logs every day. > Or is that waste of time? Any special handling/settings for swap and /tmp? > > > > Input very much appreciated > > > > Tnx in advance > > /Peo > Current FW system: OpenBSD 5.9 stable, Mainboard: NF9HG-2930, Nics: i211AT, > CPU: N2930, Disk: Intel 525 30GB mSATA > I started with this quide. However, keep in mind some of it needs to be changed to fit what you need, etc. Plus some of it just plain didn't work.
http://blog.spoofed.org/2007/12/openbsd-on-soekris-cheaters-guide.html So far I haven't had any problems with my final setup thats been running for over a year now. I am afraid to upgrade due to the library reordering and W^X stuff, but I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to work around. -- Edgar Pettijohn
