[PLUG] Firefox could be damaging your SSD

[G Karunakar]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:33:59 +0530
Gaurav Pant wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> Recently came across this article, interesting read about how
> Firefox’s default value of session storing.
> 
> From Firefox site:
> "Firefox 2.0 introduces a built-in Session Restore feature, allowing
> the user to continue browsing from where they left off if browser
> restarts. This preference controls how often information about the
> current session is saved to the profile."
> 
> According to this following article at:
> https://www.servethehome.com/firefox-is-eating-your-ssd-here-is-how-to-fix-it/
> 
> You can set/update this value to increase the life of you HDD.
> 

Cache directory ( browser.cache.disk.parent_directory ) is another
takes lot of writes, I set it to a mounted 16GB microSD on internal SD
card reader.
 Could now move cookies etc too there!. There might be a performance
hit, but don't care if pages are 1-2s slow to load!

Karunakar

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