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Linux fine tuning for Vertex 3 SSD

I've been reading about optimizations for SSD disks on Linux, there is lots of info out there although very confusing and most feel outdated so I'd be grateful if someone sheds some light on the ...
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SSD: NTFS vs EXT4

Always when I read about SSD usage under Linux, the advice is to disable journalling in Ext4 (or use Ext2), since it's too bad for your SSD. But in all articles about SSD tweaks for Windows, I never ...
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Questions about solid state drives?

How to tell if a hard drive is solid state drive? For example: For one laptop, its hard drive is 244GB Western Digital WDC WD2500BEVS-08VAT2 (SATA) For another, its hard drive is 98GB ...
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Invalid size displayed for SSD

I have an 80GB Intel X25-M SSD drive installed on a Linux box running Debian 5.0. The file system on the SSD is ext4. I've had no problems with the drive, and have been using it for quite some time ...
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Why don't I have TRIM on Ubuntu 10.04 + ext4 + Samsung SSD UM41 + Latitude 13?

I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 and lshw shows a "SAMSUNG SSD UM41". Thanks to SU, I determined previously that my system isn't using TRIM. Summary: my BIOS SATA settings should say AHCI (check) kernel ...
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Will these instructions work when turning of journaling on an ext4 SSD?

I have an Acer Aspire One with an SSD for storage. I recently installed Ubuntu on it and chose ext4 for my filesystem. Then I read that journaling on an SSD isn't the best idea, so I will try to ...