Hi. On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 07:59:50AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > A test run with KDE Plasma shows that performance is acceptable even > with EXT4 as the file system. I now have some SanDisk Ultra Fit flash > drives arriving in 128GB capacity (overkill, oh well). I am now > considering what file system would be proper to use in this case.
A plain ext4 with the 'discard' mount option will do just fine. > I understand that the journal can be disabled when using EXT4 to save > writes which is probably fine (this system will be non-critical). It's possible to do, but it is not needed that much. If you're trying to conserve drive's resources - just write less on it. I.e. redirecting .xsession-errors to /dev/null, removing that annoying /var/log/journal directory, adding a good set of filters to rsyslog, etc. For instance, this low-cost SSD that I use in my laptop endured about 1.8 Tb writes over 3.5 year usage, and shows no signs of degradation. >I've also seen that F2FS has been available in the kernel since 3.8, >but I'm unsure whether the installer from a Debian live CD will offer >it as a choice. They do not do it, because to F2FS is designed to operate over raw NAND chips, not typical SATA/NVMe controller. In layman terms, F2FS is something that's suitable for your phone, or your router, but not your PC. So again, it's possible to do, but again, it's not really needed. Reco
