From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:55:08 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
      
   > On 2025-03-25 00:20, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:51:45 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2025-03-20 23:01, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> But SSDs are also built on flash memory technology; do you disable   
   >>>> journalling on those as well?   
   >>>   
   >>> No, they have wear levelling, and an expected lifetime with normal   
   >>> usage patterns that is quite long.   
   >>   
   >> Fun fact: SSDs at a low level resemble what’s called a “l   
   g-structured”   
   >> filesystem. This is what happens when you have a filesystem that is all   
   >> journal, getting rid of the conventional filesystem part altogether.   
   >   
   > Interesting.   
   >   
   > That could be used to design a different filesystem, perhaps.   
      
   Note the point, though: the journal itself provides the wear-levelling.   
      
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