Re: NVMe SSD and discard mount option

2017-05-09 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 09 May 2017, David Guyot wrote: > I recently loaned a server with NVMe SSD and saw, during my research on > the relevance of the discard mount option for them, that its use is > discouraged for NVMe SSDs. Why? Does NVMe SSDs not need trimming? Is it > integrated in the NVMe driver for Linux

Re: NVMe SSD and discard mount option

2017-05-09 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 05:17:42PM +0200, David Guyot wrote: > I also thought about that at first, but asked to my server provider, and > they quoted Intel docs: "Be sure to turn off the discard option when > making your Linux filesystem. You want to allow the SSD manage blocks > and its activity b

Re: NVMe SSD and discard mount option

2017-05-09 Thread David Guyot
I also thought about that at first, but asked to my server provider, and they quoted Intel docs: "Be sure to turn off the discard option when making your Linux filesystem. You want to allow the SSD manage blocks and its activity between the NVM (non-volatile memory) and host with more advanced and

Re: NVMe SSD and discard mount option

2017-05-09 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 11:02:46AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 03:35:04PM +0200, David Guyot wrote: > > Hello, there. > > > > I recently loaned a server with NVMe SSD and saw, during my research on > > the relevance of the discard mount option for them, that its use is > > d

Re: NVMe SSD and discard mount option

2017-05-09 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 03:35:04PM +0200, David Guyot wrote: > Hello, there. > > I recently loaned a server with NVMe SSD and saw, during my research on > the relevance of the discard mount option for them, that its use is > discouraged for NVMe SSDs. Why? Does NVMe SSDs not need trimming? Is it >

NVMe SSD and discard mount option

2017-05-09 Thread David Guyot
Hello, there. I recently loaned a server with NVMe SSD and saw, during my research on the relevance of the discard mount option for them, that its use is discouraged for NVMe SSDs. Why? Does NVMe SSDs not need trimming? Is it integrated in the NVMe driver for Linux? Awaiting your answers, Regard