I recently got a new laptop computer which is equipped with an PCIe NVMe SSD. It is the first SSD for me (I am behind the times and have been running old hardware for years). I have been doing some research and have succeeded in getting myself more confused instead of less.
What I would like to know is whether it is necessary to "trim" my ssd periodically, and if so, what is the best method of implementing that process? Thanks in advance for any help.
Best regards.
angus-labtop:[angus]:~$ pinxi
[sudo] password for angus:
System: Host: angus-labtop Kernel: 5.9.14-artix1-1 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=c5a4dabe-4281-40a5-aca0-b9e1dae04dd6 rw net.ifnames=0 quiet
Console: tty 1 wm: kwin_x11 DM: SDDM Distro: Artix Linux
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Star Labs product: LabTop v: Mk IV serial: L400001
Mobo: Star Labs Online Limited model: LabTop v: Mk IV serial: L40000 UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2.2.0
date: 12/16/2020
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 46.7 Wh condition: 46.5/45.6 Wh (102%) volts: 8.7/7.6 model: GDPT CN6613-2S3P type: Unknown
serial: 6UA3 status: Unknown
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M187 serial: 4019-03-e8-c0-b4
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
Memory: RAM: total: 15.51 GiB used: 1.36 GiB (8.8%)
Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 EC: None max module size: 16 GiB note: est.
Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 size: 8 GiB speed: 2667 MT/s type: DDR4 detail: synchronous bus width: 64 bits
total: 64 bits manufacturer: Micron part-no: 4ATF51264HZ-2G3BZ serial: B300F747
Device-2: ChannelB-DIMM0 size: 8 GiB speed: 2667 MT/s type: DDR4 detail: synchronous bus width: 64 bits
total: 64 bits manufacturer: Micron part-no: 4ATF51264HZ-2G3BZ serial: B300F747
PCI Slots: Slot: 0 type: x16 PCI Express J6B2 status: In Use length: Long
Slot: 1 type: x1 PCI Express J6B1 status: In Use length: Short
Slot: 2 type: x1 PCI Express J6D1 status: In Use length: Short
Slot: 3 type: x1 PCI Express J7B1 status: In Use length: Short
Slot: 4 type: x1 PCI Express J8B4 status: In Use length: Short
CPU: Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-10110U socket: BGA1528 (U3E1) note: check bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 model-id: 8E (142) stepping: C (12) microcode: D6 L1 cache: 128 KiB
L2 cache: 4 MiB L3 cache: 3.9 MiB bogomips: 16807
Speed: 900 MHz min/max: 400/4100 MHz base/boost: 1980/8300 volts: 0.8 V ext-clock: 100 MHz Core speeds (MHz):
1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2
bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms
est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs
ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr
nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdseed
rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc
tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: TSX disabled
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:9b41
Device-2: Realtek USB Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-7:4 chip ID: 0bda:3031 serial: 200901010001
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: intel unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa display ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel vendor: Realtek driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus ID: 00:1f.3
chip ID: 8086:02c8
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.9.14-artix1-1
Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9462 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 00:14.3 chip ID: 8086:02f0
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: cc:d9:ac:ee:0a:de
IP v4: 192.168.2.17/24 type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: 192.168.2.255
IP v6: fe80::647f:993b:a178:f2f3/64 type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: 159.2.173.76
Logical: Message: No LVM data was found.
RAID: Message: No RAID data was found.
Drives: Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 64.02 GiB (14.3%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Seagate model: Star Drive PCIe SSD size: 447.13 GiB block size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: 288E0707025302348469 rev: ECFM22.6 temp: 25.9 C
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 18d 4h cycles: 243 read-units: 446,806 [228 GB] written-units: 638,122 [326 GB]
Message: No Optical or Floppy data was found.
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 446.83 GiB size: 438.82 GiB (98.21%) used: 64.02 GiB (14.6%) fs: ext4 block size: 4096 B
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A uuid: c5a4dabe-4281-40a5-aca0-b9e1dae04dd6
ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 280 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat block size: 512 B
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A uuid: 9E1B-7DB4
Swap: Alert: No Swap data was found.
Unmounted: Message: No Unmounted partitions found.
USB: Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 12 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Device-1: 1-4:2 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller type: <vendor specific>
driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 0bda:0129
serial: 20100201396000000
Device-2: 1-6:3 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Mouse,HID driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 2
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 046d:c52f
Device-3: 1-7:4 info: Realtek USB Camera type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 0bda:3031 serial: 200901010001
Device-4: 1-10:5 info: Intel type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 8087:0026
Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0003
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos: Packages: pacman: 1103 lib: 228
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.conf
1: https://universe.artixlinux.org/$arch
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: http://mirror1.artixlinux.org/repos/$repo/os/$arch
2: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/artix-linux/repos/$repo/os/$arch
3: http://mirrors.redcorelinux.org/artixlinux/$repo/os/$arch
4: https://eu-mirror.artixlinux.org/repos/$repo/os/$arch
5: https://artix.rw-net.de/repos/$repo/os/$arch
6: https://artix.unixpeople.org/repos/$repo/os/$arch
7: https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/artix-linux/$repo/os/$arch
8: https://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/artix-linux/$repo/os/$arch
9: http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/artix-linux/$repo/os/$arch
10: https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/artixlinux/$repo/os/$arch
11: https://mirror.linux.pizza/artix-linux/$repo/os/$arch
12: https://artix.cccp.io/$repo/os/$arch
13: https://mirror.clarkson.edu/artix-linux/repos/$repo/os/$arch
14: https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/artixlinux/$repo/os/$arch
15: https://mirror.maakpain.kro.kr/artix/$repo/os/$arch
16: https://us-mirror.artixlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch
17: https://artix.wheaton.edu/repos/$repo/os/$arch
18: https://mirrors.cloud.tencent.com/artixlinux/$repo/os/$arch
19: http://www.nylxs.com/mirror/repos/$repo/os/$arch
20: https://mirrors.nettek.us/artix-linux/$repo/os/$arch
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch
1: http://mirror.sergal.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
2: http://mirror.cedille.club/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
3: https://mirror.scd31.com/arch/$repo/os/$arch
4: http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
5: https://mirror.sergal.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
6: http://mirror2.evolution-host.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
7: http://mirror.scd31.com/arch/$repo/os/$arch
8: http://mirror.its.dal.ca/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
9: https://mirror2.evolution-host.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
10: https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
11: https://muug.ca/mirror/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
12: http://archlinux.mirror.colo-serv.net/$repo/os/$arch
13: http://archlinux.mirror.rafal.ca/$repo/os/$arch
14: http://muug.ca/mirror/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Processes: CPU top: 5 of 190
1: cpu: 10.5% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 3774 mem: 161.7 MiB (1.0%)
2: cpu: 8.5% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 3059 mem: 127.1 MiB (0.8%)
3: cpu: 7.5% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 3101 mem: 129.4 MiB (0.8%)
4: cpu: 3.9% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 3100 mem: 147.4 MiB (0.9%)
5: cpu: 3.2% command: vivaldi-bin pid: 3026 mem: 239.5 MiB (1.5%)
Memory top: 5 of 190
1: mem: 239.5 MiB (1.5%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 3026 cpu: 3.2%
2: mem: 200.8 MiB (1.2%) command: plasmashell pid: 2818 cpu: 0.9%
3: mem: 161.7 MiB (1.0%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 3774 cpu: 10.5%
4: mem: 147.4 MiB (0.9%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 3100 cpu: 3.9%
5: mem: 129.4 MiB (0.8%) command: vivaldi-bin pid: 3101 cpu: 7.5%
Info: Processes: 190 Uptime: 7m wakeups: 5 Init: N/A v: N/A rc: OpenRC v: 0.42.1 runlevel: default Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0
Shell: Bash (sudo) v: 5.1.4 running in: konsole pinxi: 3.2.01-1
Edit: The link in @aliums post Here: https://blog.100tb.com/how-to-keep-your-ssds-fast-with-trim-on-linux
doesn't work for me.