[t2ffn]

Right then guys, my SSD is here.

Its a Kingston 16GB SSD from eBuyer. It will be fitted to by Revo 3610.

I've heard the bits and pieces about optimizing SSD's for windows, but what would I need to do to optimize it for using XBMCLive?

Thanks

[t2ffn]

So none then

[Driver 944]

I don't have a answer for you, but I'll give you a few questions to have answered .... not much is required for Linux vs. Windows.

The only thing I can think of is a "trim command".
Question is will the drive accept one?
Will XBMC live issue a command? (trim active or working)

Look for the kernel version number, and if it is 2.6.33 or higher then your kernel will support TRIM.

Google "noatime,discard"

You may get better results to your question here - http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=52

Or wait till they release XBMC 11 live (Eden) the kernel should be current if it isn't today. You should still check "noatime,discard" to verify.

I wish I had the answers for you. Best of luck.

[t2ffn]

Thanks Driver.

I installed 10.1 then did an update to Beta 2 version of Live.

I haven't checked Trim or the others yet. Its nice and snappy, especially loaded images.

I have tried setting up a MySQL database via my server which I do'nt think is working as it should, pretty sure its saving it locally on the Revo... so I am still playing with it so to speak.

I will look into SSD tweaks for live and post anything I find here.

[teaguecl]

I followed some of the advice I found here:
http://cptl.org/wp/index.php/2010/03/30/...-in-linux/
Specifically, I used the advice on swappiness, noatime, and noop disk scheduler.

Also, you can take the advice in this post:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=644168&postcount=5

Which would mean modifying /etc/fstab with something along these lines:
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
tmpfs /var/log tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=0755 0 0
tmpfs /var/log/apt tmpfs defaults,noatime 0 0

[yekibud]

So will Eden Live take care of these optimization tweaks, or do we still have to apply them ourselves?

[jackh]

So will Eden Live take care of these optimization tweaks, or do we still have to apply them ourselves?

I'd check for myself to make sure. All it takes is looking at the /etc/fstab file

My SSD optimizations are as follows, feel free to borrow :
-"noatime" is no access time, which means you do not want to write to disk every time you merely accessed (i.e. read) a file. Sounds stupid but that's actually the case. The objective of "noatime" therefore is to extend your SSD lifetime.
-"discard" is the trimming option. Put it on every partition on the SSD!
-Last but not least, do NOT create any swap partition.