Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2013-01-01 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 01.01.2013 18:28, schrieb Ralf Corsepius: > On 01/01/2013 06:02 PM, Javier Perez wrote: >> I like Joe Zeff question, where does /var go when the power turn off if >> I put it in RAM? > > You will loose them. > > As /var has never, ever been meant to be put into RAM, putting /var into RAM >

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2013-01-01 Thread Javier Perez
Tim, do you have a link to that thread? I'd like to read it. Somehow I missed it Thanks On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Tim wrote: > Tim: > > > Other messages in this thread (or was it another?) weighed up the pros > and cons of what's parts of the directory tree were best on a HDD or > SDD. >

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2013-01-01 Thread Javier Perez
I thought so. On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On 01/01/2013 06:02 PM, Javier Perez wrote: > >> I like Joe Zeff question, where does /var go when the power turn off if >> I put it in RAM? >> > > You will loose them. > > As /var has never, ever been meant to be put into RA

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2013-01-01 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On 01/01/2013 06:02 PM, Javier Perez wrote: I like Joe Zeff question, where does /var go when the power turn off if I put it in RAM? You will loose them. As /var has never, ever been meant to be put into RAM, putting /var into RAM is an unwise idea and will cause malfunctions. Ralf -- use

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2013-01-01 Thread Javier Perez
I like Joe Zeff question, where does /var go when the power turn off if I put it in RAM? On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Rami Rosen wrote: > Hi, > > >I speak from experience here--we've had several (10) Macs go >kerblooey > >because of catastrophic SSD failures. > > Can you please say: are thes

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-31 Thread Rami Rosen
Hi, >I speak from experience here--we've had several (10) Macs go >kerblooey >because of catastrophic SSD failures. Can you please say: are these 10 SSD failures out of 50 or 100 machines ? 200 machines ? more ? Moreover, can you please tell which vendor are these SSDs ? ( and which model ?) rg

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-26 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/26/2012 03:21 AM, j.witvl...@mindef.nl wrote: C) if you _realy_ enough mem, put /var and /tmp on tmpfs (eg, in mem) And where does /var go when you turn your machine off? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedor

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-26 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Wed, 26 Dec 2012, Bruno Wolff III wrote: On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 09:44:46 -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote: On Wed, 26 Dec 2012, j.witvl...@mindef.nl wrote: That said, the latest fedora I could install was F14. I'm running CentOS as my main OS now, but I keep F14 around in case I need it for

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-26 Thread jdow
ndard Time *Aan*: Community support for Fedora users *Onderwerp*: Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD On 12/21/2012 11:51 AM, Alan Evans wrote: On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: You mean that all this hype over SSD's and they're LIMITED? I though

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-26 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 09:44:46 -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote: On Wed, 26 Dec 2012, j.witvl...@mindef.nl wrote: That said, the latest fedora I could install was F14. I'm running CentOS as my main OS now, but I keep F14 around in case I need it for something. What was blocking the install?

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-26 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Wed, 26 Dec 2012, j.witvl...@mindef.nl wrote: WOW!.talk about speeding up. Well I have a Gateway laptop so there's not physical way I could do 2 different types of drives, but I also have a CentOS desktop, maybe I can do it there, is SSD something that an old "Pentium 4" PC could use? I

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-26 Thread J.Witvliet
l.com] Verzonden: Friday, December 21, 2012 08:23 PM W. Europe Standard Time Aan: Community support for Fedora users Onderwerp: Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD On 12/21/2012 11:51 AM, Alan Evans wrote: On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: You mean that all this

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-23 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/23/2012 08:27 PM, Tim wrote: Tim: Perhaps something plugged into the PCMCIA or express slots? Eddie G. O'Connor Jr: I didn't know that the SSD have the "external" options like external USB's do? I guess that COULD be a possible way to have SSD and SATA HDD in the same instance I didn't

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-23 Thread Tim
Tim: >> Perhaps something plugged into the PCMCIA or express slots? Eddie G. O'Connor Jr: > I didn't know that the SSD have the "external" options like external > USB's do? I guess that COULD be a possible way to have SSD and SATA > HDD in the same instance I didn't know, either, but a quick Goo

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-23 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/22/2012 05:32 AM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 21 December 2012, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. sent: I have a Gateway laptop so there's not physical way I could do 2 different types of drives Perhaps something plugged into the PCMCIA or express slots? I didn't know that the SSD have the "ex

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-22 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 21 December 2012, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. sent: > I have a Gateway laptop so there's not physical way I could do 2 > different types of drives Perhaps something plugged into the PCMCIA or express slots? -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.6.10-2.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-21 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/21/2012 11:51 AM, Alan Evans wrote: On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: You mean that all this hype over SSD's and they're LIMITED? I thought they were supposed to be BETTER than the spinning drives of today? Exaclty how are they better if they come

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-21 Thread Alan Evans
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > You mean that all this hype over SSD's and they're LIMITED? I thought they > were supposed to be BETTER than the spinning drives of today? Exaclty how > are they better if they come "out-of-the-box" with limitations? Just > curious...

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-21 Thread Paweł Brodacki
2012/12/21 Javier Perez : > Hi, Roberto, I understand your point. One is more likely to be shuffling > data than programs, therefore it is better to put the data on the faster > storage medium. > But the way I understand it, there is a limited number of times that one can > write to a SSD due to th

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-21 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 12/21/2012 07:30 AM, Javier Perez wrote: Hi, Roberto, I understand your point. One is more likely to be shuffling data than programs, therefore it is better to put the data on the faster storage medium. But the way I understand it, there is a limited number of times that one can write to a S

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-21 Thread Javier Perez
Hi, Roberto, I understand your point. One is more likely to be shuffling data than programs, therefore it is better to put the data on the faster storage medium. But the way I understand it, there is a limited number of times that one can write to a SSD due to the intrinsic nature of the media. The

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-21 Thread Roberto Ragusa
On 12/19/2012 05:58 PM, Javier Perez wrote: > Hi > I am looking forward to rebuild my system. > I want to buy a SSD to place all fixed, operating system files in there and > use the HDD for my Data and variable operating system files. > > looks like /home and /var should go on the HDD. What I'm

Re: Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-19 Thread Rick Stevens
On 12/19/2012 08:58 AM, Javier Perez issued this missive: Hi I am looking forward to rebuild my system. I want to buy a SSD to place all fixed, operating system files in there and use the HDD for my Data and variable operating system files. looks like /home and /var should go on the HDD. SSDs

Partitioning between SDD and HDD

2012-12-19 Thread Javier Perez
Hi I am looking forward to rebuild my system. I want to buy a SSD to place all fixed, operating system files in there and use the HDD for my Data and variable operating system files. looks like /home and /var should go on the HDD. Can I have a small ramdisk to place /var/run or would it cause inst