Howdy, As most know from other threads, I have a couple external m.2 NVME SSD drives thingys. As of today, I now have a Crucial 480GB and 1TB and a Samsung 1TB drive. I also have a Samsung 1TB m.2 in my main rig for the OS. I read some things ages ago about these things when they first came out and people were still learning about what to do and not do with them. At the time there was a lot of confusion as they were new and people were testing options. I figure by now, it is fairly well known what not to do with these things and what should be done to make them perform well and last longer. So, I have questions but also feel free to share other info as well that would be good to know. I plan to make a cheat sheet out of the info.
First, for mount options. Should I have any mount options included in fstab for the OS m.2 in my main rig? Also, for the external USB mounted ones, should I put mount options somewhere for those? If so, since there is no fstab entries, where would I put those options? Some I use the automount tool built into KDE. Now to add more questions. I'm sure running shred, dd, wipe and other similar commands would shorten the life of one of these things. Is there other things I should avoid doing that is common on spinning rust drives? Are there any other don'ts I should be aware of? Are there things I should do on occasion that will make them perform better, last longer or both? Keep in mind, some may only be mounted with USB. That may limit some options. So far, the m.2 enclosure I use allows SMART to get info at least. Oh, what info does SMART give that I should keep a eye on for failures or problems? I also installed a package that includes the nvme command. I'm not real sure what to do with that thing, yet. o_o Now that I have a few of these things, I don't want to do something that lets the smoke out. O_O Oh, links to good info would also be OK. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
