The #FreeBSD installer suggests turning off SU+J for SSDs; I suspect this is based on concerns about the quality of both SSDs and SU+J from 15+ years ago, and that the advice longer makes sense. Can anyone think of a reason to keep the advice?

https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48374

⚙ D48374 bsdinstall: Remove advice to turn off SUJ for SSDs

@emaste no, i am typing this on a journaling file system installed in a modern nvme drive. this is wild to see

@emaste

I've replied in the review, but Tl;dr:

For camera-grade flash, SD, micro-SD etc, there may be a question, but mount that stuff R/O so I have no data.

For consumer and enterprise grade SSD: Looks like a wash to me, but Somebody™ should compare the write-endurance cost.

@emaste I've always taken the SU+J gamble with different filesystems on SSDs. Never an issue. But especially today, the large capacities, smarter wear leveling, better resiliency in general, no point in turning those things off anymore

@emaste

That's actually a thing for me. To get a 4th drive in a SFF case I've been using SSD boot drives.