Enable SSD TRIM on pfSense

Enable SSD TRIM on pfSense.txt

### Enable SSD TRIM on pfSense



### Get your device ID frmo fstab

[2.5.1][[email protected]]/root: cat /etc/fstab
/dev/gptid/82155eb7-884a-11eb-92c9-33fce6ee9433 /       ufs     rw,noatime      1       1
/dev/gptid/8216f4a4-884a-11eb-92c9-33fce6ee9433 none    swap    sw      0       0



### Before enabling TRIM the partition must be unmounted
### So use a pfSense ISO / bootable USB and "Boot [S]ingle User" mode

          __ ____
   _ __  / _/ ___|  ___ _ __  ___  ___
  | '_ \| |_\___ \ / _ \ '_ \/ __|/ _ \
  | |_) |  _|___) |  __/ | | \__ \  __/
  | .__/|_| |____/ \___|_| |_|___/\___|
  |_|


 +------------Welcome to pfSense-----------+
 |                                         |                 ______
 |  1. Boot Multi User [Enter]             |                /      \
 |  2. Boot [S]ingle User                  |          _____/    f   \
 |  3. [Esc]ape to loader prompt           |         /     \        /
 |  4. Reboot                              |        /   p   \______/  Sense
 |                                         |        \       /      \
 |  Options:                               |         \_____/        \
 |  5. [K]ernel: kernel (1 of 2)           |               \        /
 |  6. Configure Boot [O]ptions...         |                \______/
 |                                         |
 |                                         |
 |                                         |
 +-----------------------------------------+


...


Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
# /sbin/tunefs -t enable /dev/gptid/82155eb7-884a-11eb-92c9-33fce6ee9433
tunefs: issue TRIM to the disk set
# /sbin/reboot



### Remove ISO / bootable USB and boot pfsense in normal mode
### Go in shell and check if TRIM activated

[2.5.1][[email protected]]/root: tunefs -p /
tunefs: POSIX.1e ACLs: (-a)                                disabled
tunefs: NFSv4 ACLs: (-N)                                   disabled
tunefs: MAC multilabel: (-l)                               disabled
tunefs: soft updates: (-n)                                 enabled
tunefs: soft update journaling: (-j)                       enabled
tunefs: gjournal: (-J)                                     disabled
tunefs: trim: (-t)                                         enabled
tunefs: maximum blocks per file in a cylinder group: (-e)  4096
tunefs: average file size: (-f)                            16384
tunefs: average number of files in a directory: (-s)       64
tunefs: minimum percentage of free space: (-m)             8%
tunefs: space to hold for metadata blocks: (-k)            6408
tunefs: optimization preference: (-o)                      time
tunefs: volume label: (-L)
[2.5.1][[email protected]]/root: tunefs -p /var
tunefs: POSIX.1e ACLs: (-a)                                disabled
tunefs: NFSv4 ACLs: (-N)                                   disabled
tunefs: MAC multilabel: (-l)                               disabled
tunefs: soft updates: (-n)                                 enabled
tunefs: soft update journaling: (-j)                       enabled
tunefs: gjournal: (-J)                                     disabled
tunefs: trim: (-t)                                         enabled
tunefs: maximum blocks per file in a cylinder group: (-e)  4096
tunefs: average file size: (-f)                            16384
tunefs: average number of files in a directory: (-s)       64
tunefs: minimum percentage of free space: (-m)             8%
tunefs: space to hold for metadata blocks: (-k)            6408
tunefs: optimization preference: (-o)                      time
tunefs: volume label: (-L)



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