# Minimizing Disk Writes

Make Journal Storage Volatile
------------------------------

```shell file="/etc/systemd/journal.conf"
[Journal]
Storage=volatile
RuntimeMaxUse=256M
Compress=yes
ForwardToSyslog=no
```

Mount options - noatime
------------------------

```shell file="/etc/fstab"
UUID=xxxx  /  ext4  errors=remount-ro,noatime  0  1
```

Disable Coredump
-----------------
```shell file="/etc/systemd/coredump.conf"
[Coredump]
Storage=none
```

Disable services
-----------------

```shell
sudo systemctl disable --now man-db.timer
sudo systemctl disable --now apt-daily.timer apt-daily-upgrade.timer
```

Watch What Writes to Disk
--------------------------

```shell
sudo iotop -o -a
```