On Nov 27, 2023, at 5:20 AM, DaveC via groups.io <davec2468@...> wrote:
On Nov 27, 2023, at 3:42 AM, Randy B. Singer <randy@...> wrote:
"In practice, an SSD¡¯s performance begins to decline after it reaches about 50% full."
This is true only for those drives with no overprovisioning?
Over-provisioning staves off the problem. So does having a full version of TRIM enabled. Unfortunately, some external SSD¡¯s have neither.
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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice
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