[mythtv-users] Low Power System

[Ian Clark]

On 6 March 2017 at 06:56, Kirk <mythtv at fitzy.net> wrote:
>
>
> On 06/03/17 13:54, James Linder wrote:
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[snip]
>> if you use flash then 2 stuff:
>>     partition your flash such that (say) 20% is unpartitioned. That
>> gives a stock of sectors that trim can claim as sectors get worn out
>>     deal with mysql logging. The log will wear out your flash in a year.
>>     I run trim as a daily cron task. Recomendation is to not put it in
>> fstab.
>>     BTW a 2.5" 1T spinning disc adds little to power, but makes life
>> much easier
>>
>> James
>
>
> Thanks James, I actually do most of that now, with the exception that trim
> is in fstab - any sources on why not?
>
If you're going to leave 20% of your drive un-partitioned you probably
don't need to worry too much about TRIM. You're always going to have
20% spare sectors to swap things into.

It's certainly much less important that sorting out unnecessary logging.

Cheers,

Ian