On Thu, 2023-07-13 at 08:45 +0800, jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 13/7/23 08:31, mick.crane wrote: > > I was wondering what these Nvme M2 things are and if can plug into > > motherboard or need an adaptor, are they like a RAM disk or > > something. > > mick > > > Depending on your motherboard you can plug them in directly. With an > older motherboard you need a PCiE adaptor card that supports multiple > NVME devices. > > Be careful however, there are at least two flavours of NVME drive. A > PCiE flavour which is very fast, and a SSD flavour which isn't. You > want > the PCiE flavour if possible. > > In either case they are detected as ordinary HDD drives and you need > do > nothing out of the ordinary other than it's preferable to not put a > swap > partition on them for wear reasons. > > > Jeremy >
Now you tell me . . . In February, I transferred an existing Debian 11 setup to a new 64-bit x86 computer with an nvme ssd. I have a 1 Gb swap partition. What do to avoid wearing the ssd out? Very important these days, since you can't just open up a computer and swap out the ssd. Now, a worn out ssd, or any other part really, means a whole new computer. So much for reducing waste . . .
