Solid State Drive
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:28 pm
Anyone have advice on using an Solid State Drive in a server for virtualization? I am considering using a 120GB SSD with Proxmox.
I have read several articles on the internet that state using it for the OS only offers benefit of booting up the OS. Others have said to use it for storing the virtualization files, i.e. mounting it as /var/lib/vz.
I do understand that in order to get the TRIM I must use the ext4 file system and do some manual tweaks to prevent the SSD from getting pounded. Some say to turn off journaling and to set the tmp area to RAM.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I would like to move forward knowing I chose the right solution.
I have read several articles on the internet that state using it for the OS only offers benefit of booting up the OS. Others have said to use it for storing the virtualization files, i.e. mounting it as /var/lib/vz.
I do understand that in order to get the TRIM I must use the ext4 file system and do some manual tweaks to prevent the SSD from getting pounded. Some say to turn off journaling and to set the tmp area to RAM.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I would like to move forward knowing I chose the right solution.