Optimizing Ubuntu Linux to minimize possible SSD problems

Posted by Wagner Danda on December 22, 2009 · 1 Comment 

Here are other tips on optimizing your Ubuntu Linux to minimize possible SSD problems. I still have some concerns about SSD stuttering and limited life-span, but I hope that following the instructions below I will minimize these problems:

  • Using noatime and nodiratime

UUID=da949f54-f6a5-4dd3-a293-8b2925834baf /               ext4    noatime,nodiratime,errors=remount-ro0       1

  • Setting up ramdisk on heavily used temp folder:

tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
tmpfs /media/ramdisk tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
tmpfs /var/run tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
tmpfs /var/lock tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0

  • Changing I/O Schedule to “deadline”

Source: http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54379

So far, no problems.

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