Re: Home Directory in SSD

Keeping everything on the SSD has its advantage too - speed. But won't
secure the data on the fly as keeping it on the HDD.

Actually I'm confused which method to follow. Both has its own advantage
and disadvantage.
On 06-Feb-2016 7:54 PM, "Bennett Piater" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I just keep everything on my ssd and make regular backups.
> If you backup enough, which you should anyway, you'll be fine.
>
> On February 6, 2016 3:00:57 PM GMT+01:00, Jos Collin <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I have Debian/testing installed completely in my 120GB SSD. I have
> >learned that if an SSD fails, it is difficult to recover data from
> >them.
> >An SSD often does not give much warning before it fails.
> >Electronic components don’t begin to grind or buzz as they grow older.
> >They work – and then they don’t.
> >
> >So do I have to consider this risk and move the /home and /root
> >directories to an HDD as they contain the Personal Data of each user,
> >and only keep the Operating System files in the SSD ? How do you people
> >
> >keep the /home and /root directories, when you install the OS in an SSD
> >
> >? (I have an Ultrabay Caddy, in which I can connect the HDD also in my
> >Thinkpad T61).
> >
> >Please advice.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jos Collin
>
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