How often should one run 'fstrim' in a cronjob for SSD disks?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • In which intervals should fstrim run in a cronjob for SSD disks?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • SSD disks

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