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A command which checks that trim is working?


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You can perform a sudo fstrim -v / (replace "/" with other mountpoints, if you have any), to check if fstrim gives any errors.
If it doesn't, type in cat /etc/cron.weekly/fstrim which should give you an output like:



#!/bin/sh
# call fstrim-all to trim all mounted file systems which support it
set -e
#
# This only runs on Intel and Samsung SSDs by default, as some SSDs with
# faulty firmware may encounter data loss when running fstrim under high I/O
# load (e. g. https://launchpad.net/bugs/1259829). You can append the
# --no-model-check option here to disable the vendor check and run fstrim on
# all SSD drives Like this (remove the hash):
#exec fstrim-all --no-model-check
exec fstrim-all


If it does, it means, that your Ubuntu automatically recognized that you have an SSD and will trim it once a week as a cron job.



If you like to optimize your system for SSD, check out this article.






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    I would suggest that a more direct, if somewhat more complex, way to ensure that trim is working is by creating a file, identifying precisely where this file is stored, checking the contents of the file at this location, deleting the file, and then re-checking the contents of the file's location. If trim is working, the original contents of the file will have been replaced by zeros. The method and the specific commands to conduct this test are documented at: http://andyduffell.com/techblog/?p=852. A specific example of the technique is provided at: https://linuxnorth.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/trim-your-ssd-down-to-size/






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      On 18.04, you may check it in syslog:



      cat /var/log/syslog | grep -a fstrim | tail


      if you see recent dates and all your SSD's mountpoints, it's working. Sample output:



      Oct  1 14:54:55 justapc fstrim[769]: /home: 80,1 GiB (86008037376 bytes) trimmed
      Oct 1 14:54:55 justapc fstrim[769]: /boot: 360,2 MiB (377663488 bytes) trimmed
      Oct 1 14:54:55 justapc fstrim[769]: /: 16,3 GiB (17486880768 bytes) trimmed
      Oct 8 08:16:01 justapc fstrim[792]: /home: 76,8 GiB (82423615488 bytes) trimmed
      Oct 8 08:16:01 justapc fstrim[792]: /boot: 360,1 MiB (377634816 bytes) trimmed
      Oct 8 08:16:01 justapc fstrim[792]: /: 15,9 GiB (17038168064 bytes) trimmed
      Oct 8 08:16:44 justapc ureadahead[283]: ureadahead:trimage_trimage.png: Ignored relative path
      Oct 15 20:14:00 justapc fstrim[749]: /home: 73,5 GiB (78863814656 bytes) trimmed
      Oct 15 20:14:00 justapc fstrim[749]: /boot: 360,1 MiB (377634816 bytes) trimmed
      Oct 15 20:14:00 justapc fstrim[749]: /: 16 GiB (17104076800 bytes) trimmed


      To be sure of any possible errors, verbose fstrim manually:



      for mountpoint in $(cat /etc/fstab | awk '/ext[0-9]/ {print $2}'); do sudo fstrim -v "$mountpoint"; done





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        You can perform a sudo fstrim -v / (replace "/" with other mountpoints, if you have any), to check if fstrim gives any errors.
        If it doesn't, type in cat /etc/cron.weekly/fstrim which should give you an output like:



        #!/bin/sh
        # call fstrim-all to trim all mounted file systems which support it
        set -e
        #
        # This only runs on Intel and Samsung SSDs by default, as some SSDs with
        # faulty firmware may encounter data loss when running fstrim under high I/O
        # load (e. g. https://launchpad.net/bugs/1259829). You can append the
        # --no-model-check option here to disable the vendor check and run fstrim on
        # all SSD drives Like this (remove the hash):
        #exec fstrim-all --no-model-check
        exec fstrim-all


        If it does, it means, that your Ubuntu automatically recognized that you have an SSD and will trim it once a week as a cron job.



        If you like to optimize your system for SSD, check out this article.






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          You can perform a sudo fstrim -v / (replace "/" with other mountpoints, if you have any), to check if fstrim gives any errors.
          If it doesn't, type in cat /etc/cron.weekly/fstrim which should give you an output like:



          #!/bin/sh
          # call fstrim-all to trim all mounted file systems which support it
          set -e
          #
          # This only runs on Intel and Samsung SSDs by default, as some SSDs with
          # faulty firmware may encounter data loss when running fstrim under high I/O
          # load (e. g. https://launchpad.net/bugs/1259829). You can append the
          # --no-model-check option here to disable the vendor check and run fstrim on
          # all SSD drives Like this (remove the hash):
          #exec fstrim-all --no-model-check
          exec fstrim-all


          If it does, it means, that your Ubuntu automatically recognized that you have an SSD and will trim it once a week as a cron job.



          If you like to optimize your system for SSD, check out this article.






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            You can perform a sudo fstrim -v / (replace "/" with other mountpoints, if you have any), to check if fstrim gives any errors.
            If it doesn't, type in cat /etc/cron.weekly/fstrim which should give you an output like:



            #!/bin/sh
            # call fstrim-all to trim all mounted file systems which support it
            set -e
            #
            # This only runs on Intel and Samsung SSDs by default, as some SSDs with
            # faulty firmware may encounter data loss when running fstrim under high I/O
            # load (e. g. https://launchpad.net/bugs/1259829). You can append the
            # --no-model-check option here to disable the vendor check and run fstrim on
            # all SSD drives Like this (remove the hash):
            #exec fstrim-all --no-model-check
            exec fstrim-all


            If it does, it means, that your Ubuntu automatically recognized that you have an SSD and will trim it once a week as a cron job.



            If you like to optimize your system for SSD, check out this article.






            share|improve this answer















            You can perform a sudo fstrim -v / (replace "/" with other mountpoints, if you have any), to check if fstrim gives any errors.
            If it doesn't, type in cat /etc/cron.weekly/fstrim which should give you an output like:



            #!/bin/sh
            # call fstrim-all to trim all mounted file systems which support it
            set -e
            #
            # This only runs on Intel and Samsung SSDs by default, as some SSDs with
            # faulty firmware may encounter data loss when running fstrim under high I/O
            # load (e. g. https://launchpad.net/bugs/1259829). You can append the
            # --no-model-check option here to disable the vendor check and run fstrim on
            # all SSD drives Like this (remove the hash):
            #exec fstrim-all --no-model-check
            exec fstrim-all


            If it does, it means, that your Ubuntu automatically recognized that you have an SSD and will trim it once a week as a cron job.



            If you like to optimize your system for SSD, check out this article.







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                I would suggest that a more direct, if somewhat more complex, way to ensure that trim is working is by creating a file, identifying precisely where this file is stored, checking the contents of the file at this location, deleting the file, and then re-checking the contents of the file's location. If trim is working, the original contents of the file will have been replaced by zeros. The method and the specific commands to conduct this test are documented at: http://andyduffell.com/techblog/?p=852. A specific example of the technique is provided at: https://linuxnorth.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/trim-your-ssd-down-to-size/






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                  I would suggest that a more direct, if somewhat more complex, way to ensure that trim is working is by creating a file, identifying precisely where this file is stored, checking the contents of the file at this location, deleting the file, and then re-checking the contents of the file's location. If trim is working, the original contents of the file will have been replaced by zeros. The method and the specific commands to conduct this test are documented at: http://andyduffell.com/techblog/?p=852. A specific example of the technique is provided at: https://linuxnorth.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/trim-your-ssd-down-to-size/






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                    I would suggest that a more direct, if somewhat more complex, way to ensure that trim is working is by creating a file, identifying precisely where this file is stored, checking the contents of the file at this location, deleting the file, and then re-checking the contents of the file's location. If trim is working, the original contents of the file will have been replaced by zeros. The method and the specific commands to conduct this test are documented at: http://andyduffell.com/techblog/?p=852. A specific example of the technique is provided at: https://linuxnorth.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/trim-your-ssd-down-to-size/






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                    I would suggest that a more direct, if somewhat more complex, way to ensure that trim is working is by creating a file, identifying precisely where this file is stored, checking the contents of the file at this location, deleting the file, and then re-checking the contents of the file's location. If trim is working, the original contents of the file will have been replaced by zeros. The method and the specific commands to conduct this test are documented at: http://andyduffell.com/techblog/?p=852. A specific example of the technique is provided at: https://linuxnorth.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/trim-your-ssd-down-to-size/







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                        On 18.04, you may check it in syslog:



                        cat /var/log/syslog | grep -a fstrim | tail


                        if you see recent dates and all your SSD's mountpoints, it's working. Sample output:



                        Oct  1 14:54:55 justapc fstrim[769]: /home: 80,1 GiB (86008037376 bytes) trimmed
                        Oct 1 14:54:55 justapc fstrim[769]: /boot: 360,2 MiB (377663488 bytes) trimmed
                        Oct 1 14:54:55 justapc fstrim[769]: /: 16,3 GiB (17486880768 bytes) trimmed
                        Oct 8 08:16:01 justapc fstrim[792]: /home: 76,8 GiB (82423615488 bytes) trimmed
                        Oct 8 08:16:01 justapc fstrim[792]: /boot: 360,1 MiB (377634816 bytes) trimmed
                        Oct 8 08:16:01 justapc fstrim[792]: /: 15,9 GiB (17038168064 bytes) trimmed
                        Oct 8 08:16:44 justapc ureadahead[283]: ureadahead:trimage_trimage.png: Ignored relative path
                        Oct 15 20:14:00 justapc fstrim[749]: /home: 73,5 GiB (78863814656 bytes) trimmed
                        Oct 15 20:14:00 justapc fstrim[749]: /boot: 360,1 MiB (377634816 bytes) trimmed
                        Oct 15 20:14:00 justapc fstrim[749]: /: 16 GiB (17104076800 bytes) trimmed


                        To be sure of any possible errors, verbose fstrim manually:



                        for mountpoint in $(cat /etc/fstab | awk '/ext[0-9]/ {print $2}'); do sudo fstrim -v "$mountpoint"; done





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                          On 18.04, you may check it in syslog:



                          cat /var/log/syslog | grep -a fstrim | tail


                          if you see recent dates and all your SSD's mountpoints, it's working. Sample output:



                          Oct  1 14:54:55 justapc fstrim[769]: /home: 80,1 GiB (86008037376 bytes) trimmed
                          Oct 1 14:54:55 justapc fstrim[769]: /boot: 360,2 MiB (377663488 bytes) trimmed
                          Oct 1 14:54:55 justapc fstrim[769]: /: 16,3 GiB (17486880768 bytes) trimmed
                          Oct 8 08:16:01 justapc fstrim[792]: /home: 76,8 GiB (82423615488 bytes) trimmed
                          Oct 8 08:16:01 justapc fstrim[792]: /boot: 360,1 MiB (377634816 bytes) trimmed
                          Oct 8 08:16:01 justapc fstrim[792]: /: 15,9 GiB (17038168064 bytes) trimmed
                          Oct 8 08:16:44 justapc ureadahead[283]: ureadahead:trimage_trimage.png: Ignored relative path
                          Oct 15 20:14:00 justapc fstrim[749]: /home: 73,5 GiB (78863814656 bytes) trimmed
                          Oct 15 20:14:00 justapc fstrim[749]: /boot: 360,1 MiB (377634816 bytes) trimmed
                          Oct 15 20:14:00 justapc fstrim[749]: /: 16 GiB (17104076800 bytes) trimmed


                          To be sure of any possible errors, verbose fstrim manually:



                          for mountpoint in $(cat /etc/fstab | awk '/ext[0-9]/ {print $2}'); do sudo fstrim -v "$mountpoint"; done





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                            On 18.04, you may check it in syslog:



                            cat /var/log/syslog | grep -a fstrim | tail


                            if you see recent dates and all your SSD's mountpoints, it's working. Sample output:



                            Oct  1 14:54:55 justapc fstrim[769]: /home: 80,1 GiB (86008037376 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 1 14:54:55 justapc fstrim[769]: /boot: 360,2 MiB (377663488 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 1 14:54:55 justapc fstrim[769]: /: 16,3 GiB (17486880768 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 8 08:16:01 justapc fstrim[792]: /home: 76,8 GiB (82423615488 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 8 08:16:01 justapc fstrim[792]: /boot: 360,1 MiB (377634816 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 8 08:16:01 justapc fstrim[792]: /: 15,9 GiB (17038168064 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 8 08:16:44 justapc ureadahead[283]: ureadahead:trimage_trimage.png: Ignored relative path
                            Oct 15 20:14:00 justapc fstrim[749]: /home: 73,5 GiB (78863814656 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 15 20:14:00 justapc fstrim[749]: /boot: 360,1 MiB (377634816 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 15 20:14:00 justapc fstrim[749]: /: 16 GiB (17104076800 bytes) trimmed


                            To be sure of any possible errors, verbose fstrim manually:



                            for mountpoint in $(cat /etc/fstab | awk '/ext[0-9]/ {print $2}'); do sudo fstrim -v "$mountpoint"; done





                            share|improve this answer

















                            On 18.04, you may check it in syslog:



                            cat /var/log/syslog | grep -a fstrim | tail


                            if you see recent dates and all your SSD's mountpoints, it's working. Sample output:



                            Oct  1 14:54:55 justapc fstrim[769]: /home: 80,1 GiB (86008037376 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 1 14:54:55 justapc fstrim[769]: /boot: 360,2 MiB (377663488 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 1 14:54:55 justapc fstrim[769]: /: 16,3 GiB (17486880768 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 8 08:16:01 justapc fstrim[792]: /home: 76,8 GiB (82423615488 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 8 08:16:01 justapc fstrim[792]: /boot: 360,1 MiB (377634816 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 8 08:16:01 justapc fstrim[792]: /: 15,9 GiB (17038168064 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 8 08:16:44 justapc ureadahead[283]: ureadahead:trimage_trimage.png: Ignored relative path
                            Oct 15 20:14:00 justapc fstrim[749]: /home: 73,5 GiB (78863814656 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 15 20:14:00 justapc fstrim[749]: /boot: 360,1 MiB (377634816 bytes) trimmed
                            Oct 15 20:14:00 justapc fstrim[749]: /: 16 GiB (17104076800 bytes) trimmed


                            To be sure of any possible errors, verbose fstrim manually:



                            for mountpoint in $(cat /etc/fstab | awk '/ext[0-9]/ {print $2}'); do sudo fstrim -v "$mountpoint"; done






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