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Optimize Ubuntu install on USB-drive for longer life

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I've got an Ubuntu installed on an USB-drive for portable use. It's a regular install and not a live USB. Needless to say, it's a Flash-based storage and only 16 GB. What can I do to extend its life?

N.B. Currently my main PC is missing a HDD so the USB-drive is in regular use. I'm afraid that I've already shaved off quite a bit of its life.

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answered 1 Year ago aslity · Accepted Answer

Since the life of SSD is more affected by writes (than by readers) I would recommend two things:

1) Do not use a swap partition,

2) Edit the fstab to ad noatime for the mounted partitions:

gksu gedit /etc/fstab

It should looks like this:

UUID=something / ext4 errors=remount-ro,noatime 0 1

Also you may like to check this: How do I optimize the OS for SSDs?