Daniel Dalton <d.dalton@iinet.net.au> writes:
I've also made a symbolic link from /var/log to /tmp/ which should apparently help reduce writing to the ssd. (apparently the last line of the fstab means /tmp is stored in ram)
apt-get install busybox-syslogd is better IMO. It simply stores logs in a ring buffer in RAM. Default size is aimed at embedded, so recommend increase in /etc/default/busybox-syslogd. Read with "logread"; monitor with "logread -f". I assume you're using swap only so you can suspend-to-disk. If so, set vm.swappiness to 0 if you want to avoid bonus writes to the SSD -- although I suspect that kind of ricing may no longer be worthhile due to advances in FTL firmware.
3. My last question: I here alignment is important to ensure best performance and again help prolong the life of the ssd. From what I read using a multiple of 512 for the first block can achieve this.
parted's --align=optimal ought to help, but I'm no expert.