On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 12:00:17PM +0100, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Hi, > > did you take a look at the smartctl output? > > Somewhere I read, for maintainance of an SSD all it's cells should be read > from time to time like this > > sudo dd if=/dev/DEVICE of=/dev/null bs=8M status=progress
Where did you read that? That seems like a huge waste of time. > > where device is something like sda or nvme0n1, especially if it was switched > off for a longer period. At least, it shows the current read performance of > the device. > An SSD should regularly be trimmed, if in use. This is to assist it's wear > leveling process. > If you should manually kick off trim is a hotly debated issue. It mainly depends on the use of the drive. In most cases however do not alter any of how the system was install by your friendly installer. > What's your opinion? How much time do you have :) -H -- Henning Follmann | hfollm...@itcfollmann.com
