OT: SSD or not to SSD, that is the question

[Pete Travis]

On Sep 4, 2015 3:14 PM, "Richard Shaw" <hobbes1069 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have two drives in my desktop computer, a 500GB for / and /var which is
failing, and a 1TB drive for /home and swap.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
> --
>

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.

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.

--Pete
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