SSD Configuration

[Bruce Marshall]

On 03/03/2016 11:00 AM, Leon Goldstein via Linux-users wrote:
> I know many of you have been using SSD's for many years so I'm hoping 
> you guys can clear up some questions I have on how to use a SSD.  I 
> have gleaned so far from various Linux fora a lot of confusing and 
> sometimes contradictory advice on using trim.  Some say insert  
> "noatime,discard" in each partition line in /etc/fstab, others say to 
> run trim as a chron job periodically, others say run trim at boot, 
> while some say not to worry about it.
>
> The next bit of confusion to me is "partition alignment" and/or 
> "partition optimization."  How do you partition to obtain the desired 
> partition alignment?
>
> Bonus question:  is there a utility to trim Win XP?  I have Win XP on 
> a computer and use it one time a year, when I install my tax 
> software.  I'd like to clone the drive containing Win XP as well as 
> several Linuces to a SSD, after clearing up the questions I asked above.
>
> TIA
>


I googled for 'linux sdd optimization' and found this:


      SSD: how to optimize your Solid State Drive for Linux Mint 17.3,
      Ubuntu 14.04 and Debian



https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/ssd



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