SSDs Under Linux

Unfortunately there have been some bug reports related to SSD usage under Linus, especially for Samsung SSDs. This was mostly related to using the SSD trim command on SSD which are part of a RAID0 or RAID10 array. Here are some links providing more details:

• Arch Linux wiki: Solid State Drives
  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Solid_State_Drives

• Arch Linux wiki: Solid State Drives - Apply periodic TRIM via fstrim
  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Solid_State_Drives#Apply_periodic_TRIM_via_fstrim

• Samsung Finds, Fixes Bug In Linux Trim Code
  http://linux.slashdot.org/story/15/07/30/1814200/samsung-finds-fixes-bug-in-linux-trim-code

• [PATCH] raid0: data corruption when using trim
  http://www.spinics.net/lists/raid/msg49440.html

• kernel git: block: Do a full clone when splitting discard bios
  https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f3f5da624e0a891c34d8cd513c57f1d9b0c7dadc

Here is an older but interesting blog article (de) by Sebastian Siebert:
https://www.sebastian-siebert.de/2013/09/22/opensuse-umzug-von-der-festplatte-zur-ssd/

— Martin Burnicki 2016-02-21 18:51