Thanks for the insight on SSDs -- sounds like there is not much of an issue with modern drives.
Dave Raymond On 11/3/19, gwes <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/2/19 4:10 PM, Raymond, David wrote: >> I recently installed OpenBSD on a Lenovo X1 Carbon with a solid state >> drive and it works great. >> >> My question is whether OpenBSD addresses the special characteristics >> of solid state drives, especially those having to do with longevity >> and reliability. I can't find anything written on this. Linux has >> certain means for addressing this issue, such as fstrim as well as >> various kernel options. Is there anything I have missed with OpenBSD >> on this subject? >> >> Dave Raymond >> > Any modern drive will have write levelling. Check the rated number > of writes for the drive. Run iostat for a week or two to determine > average writes/time interval. Compare that against 10% of rated > writes. When you get there, replace the drive. > > 500 TB is a good number for write endurance. > Completely writing a 1TB drive every day gives you 50 days. > Writing 100GB a day gives you 500 days... > Do you write 20 DVDs a day? That's your answer. > > Geoff Steckel > > -- David J. Raymond [email protected] http://physics.nmt.edu/~raymond
