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| 1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Use HDD for BOINC work files instead of SSD
Message 52792 Posted 26 Feb 2014 by Dylan Young |
Just pause the boinc client, copy the files from /var/lib/boinc-client to a new partition (or bind mount to a seperate folder) on your HDD (rsync -aAxX <source> <dest> should do it) and mount it to /var/lib/boinc-client. If you are really concerned about the life of your SSD I recommend you just move the entire /var directory to your HDD, as it is just as the name sounds (variable data --> many writes). Though if you do the whole folder then I recommend doing it when it is unmounted (i.e. from a live system or alternate OS). No need to mess with boinc settings or disrupt the filesystem hierarchy. While you're at it you could move /tmp as well (either to HDD or to tmpfs). |
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