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authorKarel Zak2014-04-10 09:58:36 +0200
committerKarel Zak2014-04-10 09:58:36 +0200
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fstrim: add hint to man page
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ The
.I mountpoint
argument is the pathname of the directory where the filesystem
is mounted.
+.PP
+Running
+.B fstrim
+more frequently or even using
+.B mount -o discard
+might affect lifetime of the poor quality SSD devices. The usual sufficient
+frequency is once a week for most desktop and server systems. Note that not all
+devices support queued trim, so each trim command incur a performance penalty
+to whatever else might be trying to use the disk at the time.
.SH OPTIONS
The \fIoffset\fR, \fIlength\fR, and \fIminimum-free-extent\fR arguments may be