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Confused whether to switch from ext2 to ext4 or not
I recently installed Xubuntu 14.04 on my old laptop and decided to buy an SSD for the new OS. I installed Xubuntu on 32GB ext2 formatted partition because I read that it doesn't have journalling which ...
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Ubuntu: SSD TRIM is taking too long
I posted this question before, but with no answer: (https://askubuntu.com/questions/400233/fstrim-is-taking-too-long).
I'm using ubuntu 13.10, I call fstrim -v / on boot rc.local.
Recently I realized ...
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Is there a way to determine if TRIM is why my HD is slow?
I have a computer with RAID1 SSDs, but the performance I'm getting out of them is really bad (around 20MB/sec sequential read). They don't have TRIM enabled since it's an old Linux kernel, so before I ...
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How to set up OSes (Mac/Win/Ubuntu) on a SSD to promote its longevity (TRIM, etc.)
I recently bought an SSD (a 64GB Crucial M4 - which I believe has garbage collection, based on these specs) for my new computer. I've installed OS X 10.7.2 on it, and would like to reinstall this and ...
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Does Linux support TRIM for SSDs on LVM?
I am getting a SSD and need to know, does Linux support TRIM if I set up LVM on top of the SSD? I'm finding conflicting information. I'm currently running Ubuntu 10.10 with kernel 2.6.35-28.
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How do I determine whether my SSD (Samsung UM41) supports the TRIM command?
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 and lshw shows a "SAMSUNG SSD UM41". Any way for me to determine (1) that my SSD supports TRIM, and (2) that my OS and FS (ext4) are actually using this?
Update: Rather than ...
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How to maintain a SSD drive on Ubuntu?
I am running Ubuntu 10.04 on a Intel X25-M PostVille 160 Go SSD drive with ext4. How can I tell if there's something wrong ? What should/can I do to maintain its performance/health ? Should I use TRIM,...
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