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On Sep 4, 2015 3:14 PM, "Richard Shaw" <<a href="mailto:hobbes1069@gmail.com">hobbes1069@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I have two drives in my desktop computer, a 500GB for / and /var which is failing, and a 1TB drive for /home and swap.<br>
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> Cost is definitely an issue so I have narrowed my options down to a 1TB drive for about $53 or a 256MB SSD for about $86.<br>
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> Obviously the SSD is about half the size of my current failing drive. I think I can squeeze things down a bit to make it fit and I REALLY want to get an SSD.<br>
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> With current reliability of MLC SSD's is it a good idea to put /var on an SSD? The major users there would be BackupPC and all the chroots/cache for mock packaging builds.<br>
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> Thanks,<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Absolutely get a *quality* SSD. I've had a Samsung 830 since they were new and use mock and got and more on a frequent basis, with no ill effects. I've had three spinning drives fail during that time, with varied uses ; a fourth is now due for replacement.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Even if life expectancy were half that of a spinning drive instead of an order of magnitude more, I'd still get one for performance reasons.</p>
<p dir="ltr">--Pete</p>