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Re: [LUG] SSD and Trim

 

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

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