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

[Greg Cope]

2009/9/23 Dave Richardson <mythtv at derdev.com>:
> 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.

echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump turns on

type dmesg to see what is writing (process) to disk

echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump turns it off

This logs allot of data.

Greg