On Fri, Jul 13 2012, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 2012-07-13 20:53, schrieb Allan Gottlieb: >> On Fri, Jul 13 2012, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> >>> Am 2012-07-13 19:42, schrieb Allan Gottlieb: >>>> I will be getting a new laptop with ssd (250GB). >>>> >>>> I currently run ~amd64 and wonder if this is too much writing for the >>>> flash. >>>> >>>> I have adapted to and now enjoy gnome3. If I were forced to run stable >>>> to limit compiles I would still use package.accept_keywords to permit >>>> gnome3. >>>> >>>> Any experiences with testing and ssd? >>> >>> No problems with ~amd64 and gnome3 on SSD in my ThinkPad, for maybe 2yrs >>> already. >> >> Thank you. That is just want I wanted to know. > > Be sure to check for the latest firmware for the SSD and flash it before > even using it. Also check for any well known issues with the particular > SSD. And a decent backup strategy is never a bad thing ;-) > > With that flaky ssd I had scripts to quickly rsync the partitions to > hdd-based storage so I could rather quickly switch back and boot from > there. That ssd worked and looked OK for weeks and then *ZIP* changed > its mind and its size to 0 bytes ... that wasn't too funny. > > The ssd in my thinkpad is completely robust and problemfree.
This would be a new dell laptop (latitude E series). I do daily backup of my user data now and will continue with the new laptop. I hope my experiences match yours with the thinkpad. allan
