Given the physical characteristics of flash memory, are SSDs an appropriate long-term storage medium for backups, etc.? Is their decay rate such that it is amenable to using them for rolling backups (thereby avoiding the wear issues)?
Have you ever had to alter your deployment plans because of thermal dissipation issues with your chosen hard drives? Was your solution to increase the cooling solution, or to move to a cooler drive solution?
When repartitioning to a different size on an SSD, is the data in the partition rewritten to the SSD, or is an aggressive rereferencing method used?
Specifically, when using gparted under Ubuntu to repartition an SSD, there is a step whereby it claims it is "copying the partition" to move it up or down, as per the partitioning request. Is this an actual copy, or is the OS smart enough to simply rehome the blocks / sectors? Or does the SSD controller understand the nature of the copy and simply rehome the blocks / sectors?
This question is relevant because it relates to the expected lifespan of the SSD, as well as the expected performance in systems that lack the TRIM directive.
With the development of log-structured filesystems and the introduction of (relatively) inexpensive SSDs, is there a best choice for a log-structured filesystem for use on Linux with SSD drives?