If you’re using Linux with SSD’s, it is recommended to use the noatime option to turn off writing the “last accessed time” attribute to files. This avoids writes, increasing the lifetime of the SSD. (As root, edit /etc/fstab and change “relatime” to “noatime” on SSD partitions. This might only apply to ext3.)

You can create a tmpfs partition (in RAM) and make Firefox use it for its cache, to reduce disk writes. Edit the file /etc/fstab and add:

tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0

Then, in Firefox, open about:config, right click in an open area, create a new string value called:

browser.cache.disk.parent_directory

and set it to /tmp.

taken from http://danweinreb.org/blog/using-solid-state-disks-on-linux

2 Responses to “Linux With slow SSDs”

  1. andrew lee says:

    rails mongrrel.pid
    firefox local js files
    css tab selection
    apache

    TODO:
    tab navigation-> home is pointing to wrong location
    data import
    authentication
    rss
    change layout a bit
    css changes to make it look prettier
    multiusers?

  2. Rowan says:

    Hello Andy!