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btrfs and the discard mount option on an ssd
I can't seem to find an answer to this so I thought I would ask here:
In /etc/fstab and when using the mount command in ext4 you would add the option discard to activate TRIM on an SSD. Similarly ...
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Is there a robust way to cache contents of usb on local hd?
I'd like to switch between working on a laptop with a debian vm and a desktop pc running debian while carrying all my work files in a usb. Is there a robust way to automatically start caching the ...
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Fresh installation of debian and raid10 array with SSD and HDD
I have one 120Gb SDD and four 2Tb HDD at disposal. I would like to install Debian Squeeze on the SSD and create a software RAID10 array with the four HDD.
According to your experience, how to ...
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How to know if a disk is an SSD or an HDD
I want to know whether a disk is a solid-state drive or hard disk.
lshw is not installed. I do yum install lshw and it says there is no package named lshw. I do not know which version of ...
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How do I know if my SSD is SLC or MLC?
I have 3 SSDs on my server. How can I tell if they are SLC or MLC?
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Installing Boot and OS on SSD, rest on HDD
Okay so I got an SSD for my notebook and I'm currently setting up my system.
On the SSD I'd like to have the main OS (Crunchbang in this case) and maybe some swap whereas on the HDD I want my Home ...
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How to know which hard disk is the new one and which one is the old one
I ordered 2 SSDs from my provider.
However, which drive is the main drive?
How do I know which drive is the new SSD drives?
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Linux (3.4) SSD swap partition usage causes extreme latency - how to eliminate?
I'm running on 4G RAM with an extra 6G swap partition, SSD is a pretty decent SAMSUNG MZMPA128HMFU model. System responds very well to workloads when things stay in RAM, but as soon as things reach ...
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How to setup KVM partitions?
I'm trying to install SolusVM/KVM on a server with one 500 GB HD and one 256 SSD. I am a complete beginner at Linux. SolusVM has a script on the site to download and install automatically, but how do ...
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How to enable SSD TRIM support on Fedora 17?
I used to install Linux on HDD. It's easy. But now I have a SSD, and I want to install Fedora 17 on it.
What should I do to make Fedora 17 issue TRIM commands to the SSD?
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mbcache documentation
I want to experiment with mbcache kernel module, but I'm having trouble finding the documentation for it.
If I understood correctly, mbcache allows the use of a fast SSD disk to act as a transparent ...
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Linux equivalent to ReadyBoost?
Is there a kernel module or some other patch or something similar to Windows' ReadyBoost?
Basically I'm looking for something that allows disk reads to be cached on a Flash drive.
