Hi I am awaiting the arrival of an Asus EeePC, which is SSD based. Ive been reading about the limited writes on SSD, with conflicting info. Does anyone have a clear info on this. Do they have limited write capabilities? Is this within a normal users/machines lifespan? What happens when it reaches it write limit. There are tricks to reduce write such as use a non-journalised file system like ext2 instead of ext3/4 and do not use a swap partition. Simon -- --- Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal - LowEndMac: http://tinyurl.com/macspectrum - Skype: Simon-Royal. --- IBM ThinkPad R31 running Ubuntu 10.10 & Windows XP Home. Apple PowerBook G3 'Pismo' running OSX 10.4. Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro running 2.1
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I am awaiting the arrival of an Asus EeePC, which is SSD based.
Ive been reading about the limited writes on SSD, with conflicting info.
Does anyone have a clear info on this. Do they have limited write capabilities?
Maybe - but unless you intend keeping it for half a century you're not likely to notice it. I have a USB memory stick (well, I have half a dozen, but...). It is 64 MB. AFAICT it hasn't lost any of its marbles, and it's been frequently used since it was new, so its likely you can forget the 'effect'.
Is this within a normal users/machines lifespan? What happens when it reaches it write limit.
You will probably be old and grey (like me) and be on your Nth flaptop cum notebook.
There are tricks to reduce write such as use a non-journalised file system like ext2 instead of ext3/4 and do not use a swap partition.
The write to pattern is random enough as it is. -- Tony Anson www.girolle.co.uk/
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 09:59:32PM +0000, Simon Royal wrote:
I am awaiting the arrival of an Asus EeePC, which is SSD based.
Yes, you told us before.
Ive been reading about the limited writes on SSD, with conflicting info.
Yes, you told us before and started another thread on it.
Does anyone have a clear info on this. Do they have limited write capabilities? Is this within a normal users/machines lifespan? What happens when it reaches it write limit.
Have a look at the previous thread maybe instead of starting a new one?
There are tricks to reduce write such as use a non-journalised file system like ext2 instead of ext3/4 and do not use a swap partition.
Correct. Adam -- New signature required, suggestions on a post card please.
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