[ltp] Re: solid state drive?

[Stefan Monnier]

>> What makes you say not to use ext3?
>> AFAICT, it should not make much difference: at most double the number of
>> writes, i.e. halve the expected life of your drive.
> The journal causes a lot of small writes.  Small writes have a bigger
> write amplification, so it's a lot more data for the SSD. That makes
> it slow.  I don't worry about the number of writes, but i do want
> a fast system.

So that which makes you say to avoid ext3 is your expectation of how you
think it works, which doesn't actually correspond to how it does work.
Right?
So, your recommendation "don't use ext3" seems seriously excessive.

Or have you actually measured the performance problem?


        Stefan