# [OmniOS-discuss] OmniOSce installer rpool slicing

Josh Coombs jcoombs at staff.gwi.net
Fri Jan 5 15:08:47 UTC 2018

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    I've been overprovisioning my SSDs using either MFG supplied tools in the
    case of Samsung or Intel units and raw SATA commands on old Vertex drives.
    The OS sees a smaller volume and the drive knows that 'slack' space is
    truly slack.

    Joshua Coombs
    GWI

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    On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Schweiss, Chip <chip at innovates.com> wrote:

    > In the previous Solaris style installer we had the option of only using a
    > portion of the disk that the rpool went on.   This was very good for SSDs
    > that perform better and last longer if they have some additional slack
    > space that never has data written to it.
    >
    > Is there a way to achieve this with the new installer?
    >
    > -Chip
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