<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> I am interested in getting feedback on this from actual ubuntu developers about what they recommend.. Hopefully my 3 questions can be succinctly answered without much trouble? <div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:56:36 -0400 > From: mgolden@mitchgolden.com > To: niabbott@live.com > Subject: Re: SSD with ubuntu -- Developer guidance please > > I am sure you will get some people telling you not to send this sort of > message to the developers list, as there is a separate users list for such > discussions. > > I have a System 76 laptop with an Intel SSD drive, and you can see exactly > what I do to set it up here: > > http://mitchgolden.com/computers/kubuntu-11.10.txt > > I did choose to use the discard option and the noatime option as well. > The latter is to reduce the number of writes to the SSD and presumably > improve its life. I didn't test it without discard to see if performance > improved. > > Good luck. > > - Mitch > > > > On Wed, 11 Apr 2012, Nicholas Abbott wrote: > > > Hi everyone. My name is Nicholas. > > > > I have a new computer that has an Intel SSD. I have some questions about using Ubuntu with an SSD that I hope ubuntu developers can answer for me. I've researched online but do not know how best to proceed as there seems to be differing advice. I see it mentioned online that I should mount with DISCARD. But an article from OpenSUSE says DISCARD is not good to use. > > http://opensuse.14.n6.nabble.com/SSD-detection-when-creating-first-time-fstab-td3313048.html > > > > Here are my questions > > 1.) are there any issues I should be aware of if using ubuntu on an SSD? Is ubuntu primarily intended to be used on HDD and not recommended for SSD? > > > > 2.) do you recommend TRIM be used for SSD with ubuntu? > > > > 3.) If you do recommend TRIM be used, how should TRIM be setup? Automatic wiping, or manual wiping? FITRIM, FSTRIM, or DISCARD? > > > > I really don't understand any of this in depth, so I'm very thankful for any direction/guidance you can provide. > > > > Thank you so much, > > Nicholas > > > > > > By the way, I explored wiki.ubuntu.com but couldn't find info on SSDs I was looking for. > > > > > > </div> </div></body> </html>