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On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:44:11 +0100 mr meowski <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Or I could use fstrim manually and so decide as and when to run > > trim. Or is that not such a good idea? > > Yes, that's a terrible idea... > Like backups, system maintenance and other thankless tasks, > consigning it to a fully automated procedure and occasionally > checking logs to make sure all is well is the only sensible approach > here. Manually intervening to take care of things that should be done > by the OS transparently and in the background is never going to end > well. Regards OK, thanks. Will avoid the manual approach. So I could use the 'discard' in fstab method. Or I could use a cron job. Does it matter which? Thanks Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq