sssd for /boot?

[Tim]

On Wed, 2013-07-17 at 05:13 +0200, lee wrote:
> Considering their cost, SSDs don't seem worthwhile to me unless you
> have an application that does make use of them.  They probably make
> quite some sense in laptops unless you need storage capacity because
> their power consumption is low and because they aren't affected by
> vibrations.  A hybrid doesn't (fully) have these advantages.

I have to wonder about how much people expect them to be unaffected by
vibration, or bumps.  Even though an SSD is a solid thing without moving
parts, it still has connectors.  They're never an absolute connection,
particularly when you look at some of the types of connections, such as
used by SATA.

While servicing equipment, one of things we'll do is knock on it, like
you're knocking on someone's front door.  With nearly all equipment that
uses plugs and sockets (whether on cables, between large or small
devices), you cause interruptions to signals.  That can mean corruption
of data, or loss of control requiring a reboot.

Granted that we're looking for intermittent faults, or loose things that
will break off when bumped about.  But I do wonder about people who put
these things into vehicles, and expect flawless behaviours, because
there's no head to crash into a platter.

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