Indexing is for computer abusers, not computer users - tough statement, but for me it's right . In combination with mdadm (and especially when compiling OpenMoko) I've had some serious performance issues. The disk was working all the time - and it was not just syncing the /dev/md(/)0-device.

So just a quick remark: disable every indexing service if you - as I - do not use it anyway. I've not done dedicated testing, but by normal usage it has been quite painful, so to speak.

Another pro is that my computer isn't as noisy because of the modest disk usage, i.e. disk I/O.

Yeah, I'm back again. Couldn't settle with the package management in OpenSUSE, although it - besides that - seemed quite okay.