Save our cheap entry-level SSDs or old HDD from destruction by by spacing out the intervals of session store !

[trimechee]

Hi, I read scary articles about testing that chrome and firefox could consume up to 30GB of data per day even while remaining inactive because of the session store which saves data every second or tenth of a second even if the web browser is inactive!

even if firefox and maybe chrome have taken measures to reduce the data consumed by the session store, for example the session store saves less data on the hard drive if the browser remains inactive for a while (I saw that myself in the firefox flags), session store remains the danger for our cheap ssd or old hdd, I completely deactivated session store in firefox and I had no problem, session store is possibly used when we write an email and the computer stops abruptly, it is used to save this unsaved email but for me if I use the browser just to watch streaming videos session store is not useful, and even the email I can write it in word and copy paste it into an email message so session store is dangerous and not important for me and surely for millions of people and wastes ecological resources, in any case if we can use a specific browser just to watch streaming videos by disabling session store,

to avoid any possible problem, in firefox, I left session store active but I increased the session store backup interval to preserve my old hdd and I haven't had any bug problems for years:

about:config
browser.sessionstore.interval 2147483647

but in chromium, it's a nightmare, I tried everything, nothing worked to disable session store or space the session store backup intervals:

use incognito mode
edge://flags/
Storage Access API
Web Storage API

--incognito
--disable-session-storage command-line
--disable-local-storage

--disable-restore-session-state
--kiosk --incognito some.web.site
--hide-crash-restore-bubble
--disable-session-crashed-bubble
--noerrdialogs --disable-infobars --disable-session-crashed-bubble --no-first-run --no-default-browser-check --disable-restore-session-state

we hope Supermium can add an option to increase the session store backup intervals so that session store consumes less data or disable completely session store , I already talked about this problem a long time ago to Mr Alex @Alex313031 and we hope Mr Shane and Mr Alex will find a solution to this major problem of session store, thank you!

[Zero3K]

I don't see what you are writing about in the default profile of the Supermium that is on my laptop.

[billi857]

There is no need to worry about wear and tear of the old HDD at all. If he lived this long, then you can rely on him.
The problem described is not a problem specifically with Supermium and certainly not critical.

Saving resources is achieved by appropriate browser settings, any browser. Everyone has a choice: to use these settings or not.

[tmcdos]

@trimechee I am using RAM-disk (Arsenal driver) for probably a decade already - and Chromium is pointed to store its user profile (data folder) at the RAM-disk. RAM-disk is preloaded with an empty Chromium data folder on each boot. Chromium starts faster and does not wear out my SSD!

[trimechee]

Yes, and we hope also to have opportunity to increase disk cache to verify if this enhance performance and speed, because actually i can't increase cache to 1Gb or 2GB