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A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state storage to store persistent data with the intention of providing access in the same manner of a traditional mechanical spinning/magnetic block I/O hard disk drive.

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raid advice with SSD and two HDD

I have a new machine with one 128GB SSD and two 1TB HDD. On the SSD is the OS and my initial thought was to put the two HDD in RAID 1 for user data. After some more thought I came up with two other ...
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What would be a good partitioning scheme for 128 gb SSD and 640 GB HDD

I have a combination of 128 GB SSD and a 640 GB HDD. I'm planning to install Xubuntu 12.04 on it. I have read some question here (like What's a good partition method to combine an SSD boot drive with ...
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How should I partition my 128Gb Crucial SSD in my netbook for Ubuntu 13.04?

I know this is probably a question this is asked over and over again but I'm not finding anything close to an answer that I need. I am installing Ubuntu 13.04 on my Lenovo x130e netbook . It has ...
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Why doesn't Ubuntu detect all of my RAM on 64-bit? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Ubuntu only detects 3.1 GB of ram on Ubuntu 64 bit ISSUE IDENTIFIED: BIOS bug. See dmesg output below. Question is: How to resolve this? Change made since 2.6.32 have ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 SSD root frequent random read only file system

I really need your help. I've got Dell Inspiron 1545 with 8GB of RAM and Sandisk Extreme 240GB SSD. The disk is seperated into three partitions, /root, /swap - 8GB, /home blkid: /dev/sda1: UUID="...
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Where can the last FSTrim be seen as successful or not? (log files)

I recently installed an SSD and AFAIK Ubuntu makes a weekly FSTrim on SSD's that support it. Is there a log file of this trims?
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windows 10 on SSD and ubuntu on hdd [duplicate]

Hello I have Windows 10 on SSD and want to install ubuntu 15 on my Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB. I have only found one tutorial that handles this issue. http://linuxbsdos.com/2015/10/31/how-to-dual-...
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Is it safe to install the / partition on an SSD?

I've just purchased a laptop Dell Inspiron 14z, with a HDD with 500G and a SSD with 32GB. I installed 12.04 on it, setting the partitioning table like this: /home and swap partitions in the HDD, / ...
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GRUB menu after upgrade to Windows 11

I am using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS along with windows. Recently upgraded from Windows 10 to 11. Now the GRUB boot menu is lost and the laptop's booting by default to Windows 11 How to recover grub? I have an ...
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How to update Samsung SSD firmware from Ubuntu?

I followed https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/global.semi.static/Firmware_Update_Utility_UserManual.pdf and downloaded unetbootin and the .iso for my Samsung 960 EVO 250gb. I burnt it with ...
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NVMe disk configured in RAID0 unable to install Ubuntu 16.04

I've tried to install Ubuntu 16.04 on my Asus ROG G752VY in dual boot with windows 10. The problem is that Asus ROG G752VY has a PCI Express SSD configured in RAID0 and Ubuntu is not able to see it. ...
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Flashcache on Xubuntu 13.04

First of all, I'm noob on using flashcache, and all that I'll post here is studying about it. I've an Asus K56CM, i5 with 500gb of HD and 24Gb of SSD for cache. In windows 8, the default operating ...
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Win 8.1 + Ubuntu, 256GB SSD, partitioning scheme

I would like to install Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu(both x64) on a one 256 GB SSD. I need 3 partitions, 2 for systems and 1 shared(NTFS?) for data accessible by both OSes. '/root' and '/home' will be on ...
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New Lubuntu install - 2GB RAM, 32GB SSD

I'm planning on installing Lubuntu (16.04 LTS 64-bit) on 2-3 older laptops with similar specs. They're all 2GB RAM (and are max'd out), and I'll use a 32GB SSD as the only drive. I have the same ...
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Moving GRUB from HDD to SSD - Dualboot Windows 8.1 + Ubuntu

Recently I acquired an SSD and decided to install Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu on it and use my HDD as Data Storage. However, I seem to have installed GRUB onto the HDD and not the SSD, which has not ...
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EFI Lockdown, Can't Boot Ubuntu 16.04 or Windows 10

I have a laptop with a 250 GB SSD containing EFI copies of Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04, and a 1 TB HDD with a couple data partitions. I had been using this system with both Secure Boot and Fastboot ...
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GParted does not recognize SATA M2

I bought myself a new Laptop, the ASUS GL771JW with 250 GB M2 SSD drive and a 1 TB HDD. Now I'd like to install Ubuntu 15.10 on it, but I get errors. I downloaded the amd64 Ubuntu ISO and put it on ...
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ERROR message : EXT4-fs error: ext4_find_entry 1451

I have a dell Xps 15 9550 and I have installed Ubuntu Gnome 15.10 in the UEFI dual boot along with Windows 10. Ubuntu works fine but after running for a while it goes to the black terminal screen with ...
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Do I need to unplug all other drives before installing Ubuntu on a separate new drive?

I bought a completely new drive (Kingston A2000 ssd) and I want to install Ubuntu on it. Is it recommended to remove my current drives before installation? I currently have 1 ssd for windows and a ...
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Is it possible/worthwhile to install Ubuntu on its own SSD so it can be swapped between machines as needed?

some of the modules in my university require us to install Ubuntu and I was wondering if it'd be possible to install it's own SSD to move between my laptop, PC at home, and campus desktops as needed, ...
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Windows on SSD, Ubuntu on HDD

In my system (MSI GS60) I have 2 SSD (on a Raid0) for Windows, and an HDD where I want to create a partition to install Ubuntu. I have been reading about the optimizations you need to do to install ...
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Install package to specified directory, e.g, some where under /home

I do not want packages to be installed under /. (sudo apt-get install ...). The reason why I need to do this is that: My '/' is mounted with my SSD(16GB) and my hard disk(500GB) is mounted at '/...
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12.04 Installer is not recognizing current OS

I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my Lenovo Y570, which already has Windows 7 on it. In the installer, it says that no OS is currently installed on my computer, and it only gives me two ...
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S.M.A.R.T on Samsung SSD 950 PRO M.2

smartctl reports: device lacks SMART capability, but Samsung says it supports SMART. Does anybody know the reason for this? === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Vendor: NVMe Product: ...
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Moving to an SSD

I'm moving from a 1tb HDD to a 500gb SSD. On the HDD I have a 600gb partition for Windows and a 400gb partition for Ubuntu. On the SSD I have a 150gb partition for Windows, and a 350gb partition for ...
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Is wise and safe use "swap file" for PC/Laptops of 8GB or less? either HDD or SSD [closed]

I am reading some tutorials about swap for Ubuntu and in general for other distributions. Mostly from: What You Need to Know About Swap Partition on Linux From there, it refers to other valuable ...
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Dual Boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu with SSD and HDD

So I have an Acer laptop that has both an HDD and SSD. I have been having trouble dual booting Ubuntu with Windows. For some reason Ubuntu does not recognize Windows and I do not want to wipe out ...
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TRIM and file fragmentation on an SSD

I ran the TRIM test proposed by frostschutz and also found here. The result 1MB file is highly fragmented. How can that be ? My one and only storage device /dev/sda is a Samsung 500GB SSD. It is "...
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Using ubiquity for the Full disk encrypted install to disk on /dev/sdb instead of /dev/sda

Last week I got a brand new Dell M3800 for work with Ubuntu 14.04 preinstalled. However, since the company has a disk encryption policy I needed to reinstall Ubuntu with encryption enabled. However ...
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Any SSD cache solution for Ubuntu 15.10?

I've past 4 days trying to activate an ssd cached system. I've Asus k56Cm laptop, with an HDD 500gb and SSD 22gb. I need to have cached all system, but only have found 3 solutions. - Bcache (but ...
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How to install ubuntu on SSD and windows 10 on HDD

I'm using ubuntu 22.04 LTS installed in SSD (128Gb) and windows 10 installed in HDD (1 Tb). So my question is I want to switch to some other distro, is possible to just format and install the new ...
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How to check if my Ubuntu is placed on SSD?

I think have installed Ubuntu on SSD but I'm not sure and I want to check this. But I do not know how to?
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How can I monitor the TBW on my Samsung SSD?

As is common knowledge, SSDs have a limited number of PE (Program-Erase) cycles before the NAND cells die. Therefore, it is very helpful to know how much data has been written to your SSD, in order ...
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Should I turn off kernel logging (and how?) if I'm running off an SSD?

I am running Kubuntu 18.04 on a Dell XPS 9370 laptop with no hard disk - just an SSD. Should I turn off kernel logging to reduce the amount of writes to the FLASH memory on the SSD to prolong its ...
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Do I need to enable TRIM if I have a non-Intel/Samsung

I read in one of the webupd8 articles that TRIM support, which was introduced in Ubuntu 14.04, by default only works for Intel and Samsung SSDs. What about other? I am using Dell XPS 13 Dev Edition ...
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SSD temperature sensor readout with hddtemp

It seems hddtemp cannot detect the temperature sensor of my SSD (Samsung EVO 840) properly.This is the bash output when running hddtemp: WARNING: Drive /dev/sda doesn't seem to have a temperature ...
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What should I know about SSDs that can be used with Ubuntu?

I'm building a new configuration and intend to buy an SSD with it. I recall that the first SSDs were problematic in Linux for some reason (maybe lack of TRIM support?). Is there something to ...
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Should I turn on zfs-trim on my pools or should I trim on a schedule using systemd timers or cron?

I run Ubuntu 19.10 installed on ZFS through the new ZFS install option on 19.10. This is on a Thinkpad X1 Carbon 7th which is in heavy daily use. No dualboot so it's Ubuntu all the time. The laptop ...
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How to *secure erase* a NVMe SSD

Since SSD has write amplification, I want to reset the SSD to the initial out-of-box performance. Most tutorials are for SATA SSD (hdparm --secure-erase), I want to know how to erase a partition of ...
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Slow SSD + dm-crypt with Luks encryption in Ubuntu 12.10

I have an 128 GB SSD installed in my laptop (Samsung 840 Pro) on a Sata 3 interface. This laptop also has an i5 3210m Ivy Bridge Intel processor and 8 GB of RAM. I installed Ubuntu 12.10, using the ...
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How should I configure TRIM Support for LVM logical volumes?

I am setting up a notebook for software demo purpose. The machine has a Intel Core i7 CPU, 8GB RAM, a 128GB SSD, and runs Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit desktop. As it is, the SSD is configured to have a ...
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Slow boot on Ubuntu 16.04 with Samsung 850 Pro

Update 9 I decided to try an experiment. I removed the SSD from my desktop, and temporarily put it into my Dell Latitude laptop. Lo and behold, it loaded the initrd on an order of magnitude faster, ...
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Do SSD/HD hybrids increase performance in Ubuntu?

There are mass storage drives that consist of a large HDD and a smaller part of flash memory. From the computer's point of view they act just as a normal hard drive, but internally the disk internally ...
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How do I dual boot with Windows+BitLocker, and with encryption for Ubuntu, over 2 drives? [closed]

I am very new to Linux and Ubuntu and I have some questions regarding the right way to go about dual booting. I have a Lenovo ThinkPad E570 with an i5, 250GB SSD (which has Windows 10 pro on it), a ...
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Is enabling TRIM on an encrypted SSD a security risk?

I recently installed Ubuntu 13.10 on an SSD drive using the "encrypt the new Ubuntu installation for security" option. I wanted to enable TRIM, so was following the guide provided here. One step says ...
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Does the system suffer in performance because of full-disk encryption?

I have a netbook that uses an SSD (Corsair Force 3 SSD (5.02)). When installing Ubuntu on it I chose an encrypted file system with EXT4. My question is: Does the file system suffer any performance ...
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How to know if my NVMe SSD needs TRIM

Running Ubuntu 22.04 on my main laptop. I am using 4TB TEAMGROUP MP34 NVMe as my main drive. The file system is ext4. Yesterday (Nov 16), while downloading some large files (about 300 files, 600GB ...
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Is SSD TRIM support still automatic in 12.10?

Folks I had automatic TRIM working on my laptop running Ubuntu Precise. As in the TRIM guide I added discard to mount options in /etc/fstab, and hdparm --read-sector read 0s immediately after a rm &...
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cryptsetup warning message about swap file

What is this about? I need to setup some key? Or ignore it? This is new 17.10 installation. Swap is on, file /swapfile exists. Home encryption enabled, at setup. How about SSD installation, may be ...
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Can I cache an mdadm raid with an ssd?

I have a 1TB array set up in raid 1 using mdadm on Ubuntu 8, to store mission-critical files. I'd like to speed up read/write, especially for large files by caching to an SSD. Is this possible? Does ...
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