From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 23:22:29 +0100 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="94eb2c1cd87491ddd005646a61b9" Subject: Re: [9fans] Is fossil/venti file system a good choice for SSD? Topicbox-Message-UUID: cc8e969a-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --94eb2c1cd87491ddd005646a61b9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" The problem is the index. It is heavily updated, and I had a Fossil installation that ate my SSD in about 6 months. The log was OK, so I could rebuild the index on another disk. On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 10:39 AM, lchg wrote: > As I know, fossil/venti file system is log-structured, so it may be good > for flash devices, especially in extending life of flash devices. > --94eb2c1cd87491ddd005646a61b9 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The problem is the index. It is heavily updated, and I had= a Fossil installation that ate my SSD in about 6 months. The log was OK, s= o I could rebuild the index on another disk.

On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 10:39 AM, lchg = <lchg567@gmail.com> wrote:
As I know,=C2=A0 fossil/venti file system is log-structur= ed,=C2=A0 so it may be good for flash devices, especially in=C2=A0extending= life of=C2=A0flash=C2=A0devices.

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