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| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/fstrim.8 | 9 |
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diff --git a/sys-utils/fstrim.8 b/sys-utils/fstrim.8 index 8f68351b1..ae331e310 100644 --- a/sys-utils/fstrim.8 +++ b/sys-utils/fstrim.8 @@ -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 |