[mythtv-users] OT: Get off my SSD?!

[David Snider]

On Sep 23, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Dave Richardson wrote:

> I have an IONITX with a solid state disk (SSD) as a front-end.  I have
> moved /tmp and /var/log to RAM drives in tmpfs to prevent frequent  
> write
> activity to the SSD.  I had expected very little drive activity to be
> reported (as viewed by watching the HDD LED activity light) - however,
> it's still fairly busy and seems to have a pattern of activity.
>
> I need to figure out if there are processes still writing elsewhere  
> to the
> system on a regular basis.  I will either turn off the processes or  
> direct
> their activity to another tmpfs so that I can prolong the life of  
> the SSD.
>
> I've tried using "lsof" command to figure out what's active, but I  
> really
> don't understand what I'm seeing.  Any further guidance would be
> appreciated!
iotop?

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