SSD optimisations for Ubuntu

in Posts · Sun 26 August 2012

With my SSD still working despite the taped up data port it's time to do some tweaks to squeeze out the most performance I can.

Mount Options

First up we modify the mount points to disable access time writes and enable TRIM

Edit /etc/fstab and add noatime,discard ...

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Broken SATA port on SSD

in Posts · Sun 19 August 2012

Eager to try out my new Samsung 830 SSD I tried to take a few shortcuts while installing it. It didn't go well.

Due to the orientation of the hard drive cage in my case I need to remove the both side covers to install a hard drive. The ...

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