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Hi everyone.

 

I have an "OCZ Agility 3 SSD 50Gb"  that came with my Windows8 PC. It developed a fault whereby on Occasion it would not boot. In the end this was happening one time a month, so I swapped it out fot a normal WD 500Gb drive and have been using it on my PC as storage with no problems.

 

Question ?

 

Does E2 support SSD  and if so would I be able to use it in my Xtrend et8000 ?

 

Thanks in advance Colin

 

 

It looks like a standard SATA disk, so I don't know why not.

 

Although there isn't much advantage in using SSD instead of a normal disk, even a very slow disk is fast enough. The only advantage you have is cooling, an SSD doesn't produce heat like a standard disk does...

And I don't think the Linux version in our STB's fully supports SSD'S (TRIM), so this will lead to a short lifespan.

Thanks WW & Rob,

 

So just format the normal way on stb, and linux will handle any error checking ?

Does E2 support SSD  and if so would I be able to use it in my Xtrend et8000 ?

See: http://forums.openpl...rim#entry511165

@ athoik, I cant open your link

Yes, "fstrim" command, like most Linux systems.

You may need to "opkg install util-linux-fstrim" to get it.

And I don't think the Linux version in our STB's fully supports SSD'S (TRIM), so this will lead to a short lifespan.

TRIM is supported.

And there's no relation whatsoever between the disk's lifespan and the use of fstrim. The only penalty is that the disk would get slower in use once fully written, but no other ill effects.

@athoik, thanks will do

Is it TRIM by command line or automatic/manual from somewhere in a menu ?

 

I had to use the OCZ boot USB (PC) to manual trim before

You don't NEED to run fstrim. Ever. The disk will run fine without it. It just won't reach its 500MB/s write speed then.

Thanks Milo as always

 

Cheers Colin

 

And I don't think the Linux version in our STB's fully supports SSD'S (TRIM), so this will lead to a short lifespan.

TRIM is supported.

And there's no relation whatsoever between the disk's lifespan and the use of fstrim. The only penalty is that the disk would get slower in use once fully written, but no other ill effects.

 

Thanks, good to know that.