10-19-2014, 05:09 AM
sekker wrote:
[quote=Black]
[quote=sekker]
OWC has some real-world data showing no significant speed reduction in their SSDs over a 3 year time-period.
But that data is a little old.
I'd like to see some recent data comparing these firmware and TRIM solutions.
TRIM happens in addition to firmware-based garbage collection-- it's not an either-or. If you don't understand how TRIM complements garbage collection, I'm guessing you may want to bone up on what the terms mean exactly. I'm not seeing why you would not want to have something enabled that can extend the life of your drive.
I believe all of you that say TRIM should be the better way to go. Apple has TRIM support for its SSDs.
I'd just like to see some real-world tests that support the supposition. Sometimes, there are other bottlenecks that end up being far more important.
It's not just "bottlenecks" at issue. TRIM can certainly speed up access to your SSD by reducing overhead from unnecessary garbage collection and wear-leveling, but it also extends the life of an SSD.
Flash memory has a limited capacity for write-operations. Write-amplification from garbage-collection without TRIM will shorten the lifespan of your SSD.