Keeping everything on the SSD has its advantage too - speed. But won't secure the data on the fly as keeping it on the HDD.
Actually I'm confused which method to follow. Both has its own advantage and disadvantage. On 06-Feb-2016 7:54 PM, "Bennett Piater" <benn...@piater.name> wrote: > I just keep everything on my ssd and make regular backups. > If you backup enough, which you should anyway, you'll be fine. > > On February 6, 2016 3:00:57 PM GMT+01:00, Jos Collin <joscol...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I have Debian/testing installed completely in my 120GB SSD. I have > >learned that if an SSD fails, it is difficult to recover data from > >them. > >An SSD often does not give much warning before it fails. > >Electronic components don’t begin to grind or buzz as they grow older. > >They work – and then they don’t. > > > >So do I have to consider this risk and move the /home and /root > >directories to an HDD as they contain the Personal Data of each user, > >and only keep the Operating System files in the SSD ? How do you people > > > >keep the /home and /root directories, when you install the OS in an SSD > > > >? (I have an Ultrabay Caddy, in which I can connect the HDD also in my > >Thinkpad T61). > > > >Please advice. > > > >Thanks, > >Jos Collin > > -- > GPG fingerprint: 871F 1047 7DB3 DDED 5FC4 47B2 26C7 E577 EF96 7808 >
