Re: SDD partitioning and allocations

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

Dan Purgert wrote:
> On Jul 10, 2025, songbird wrote:
>> hello all, some questions at last...  it's been a while.  :)
>> 
>>   I was able to get some SSD replacements and want to add them
>> to my existing setup, but in previous years I recall that there
>> was some recommendation to leave some part of the SSD unallocated
>> and not formatted as part of a file system so any parts that
>> failed as bad blocks or wore out could be allocated from these
>> unused areas.
>
> The SSD has this onboard (and, IIRC, always has) -- for example, a 1T
> drive may have 100G of extra blocks you cannot allocate.

  ah!


>>   I do like having multiple backups on the different SSDs just
>> in case one of them decides to fail on me.  No signs of any
>> troubles so far.
>
> Longterm (powered-off) backup is actually better on spinning rust; as
> SSD are somewhat more susceptible to bit-rot when powered off.

  these will always be regularly powered on even if they are
not mounted or used.  the external drive i have is a normal
spinning rust drive.


  songbird