there is no cylinder alignment really in a SSD anymore... On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > So I bought a samsung 840, I'll be using it on a single-disk system, > requiring encryption (luks), and lvm/btrfs. Might actually try btrfs > finally now, but this is for work. Just curious your opinion about the > firmware side to expect these days losing trim support with fs layers, but > relying on built-in firmware auto-leveling. > > Most of what Lisa suggested to do I normally do already, I just still do > manual alignment of cylindars of the disk for flash geometry (or plan to). > Is that even needed still for non-gpt installs (like ubuntu)? > > Longevity seems almost a crapshoot with ssd's at times, so just curious to > know what enterprise storage systems use on the back end with ssd to keep > them from dying with layers of raid and such. > > I did buy the samsung 840 "pro" disk, just curious what makes it so pro vs > cheaper 840 (~$50 diff). Since single disk, I'm hoping it holds up longer. > > Thanks in advance! > > -mb > > > On 04/02/2013 02:05 PM, Alan Dayley wrote: > >> An SSD from a well known manufacturer will last longer and be faster >> than any rotating hard drive. The controllers and firmware in the drive >> are designed to compensate for wear-out problems. Buy something from >> Intel, Samsung, OCZ or STEC and you will be just fine. >> >> (I was a firmware engineer for an SSD company for 11.9 years. I don't >> have time right now to give a detailed answer. Just trust me. ;-) ) >> >> Alan >> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen