On 10/01/2019 02:21, Vince Coen wrote:
> A SSD has its own issues using Linux - garbage collection as the
> cheaper one use a poor controller that requires long idle times
> (6-=8 hours) to process.
>
> The only brand I have found so far that does work (with running
> fstrim each night) is Samsung 850, 950,960 series and they are not
> that cheap and I have a lot of spare DASDs ranging from 320Gb to 1Tb
> available.

Good point, but I don't think its a problem with a Raspberry Pi that
isn't writing gigabytes a day to the disc. I'd just recommend ensuring
you have about 40% to 50% free space, and controller wear levelling
should work fine.

> I have on the Pi a BBS and web, apache and ftp servers although most
> if not all are inactive.

Running a BBS should be mostly reads, and a bit of writes for updates
and logging. Ideal for a SSD.

---druck

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