10-19-2014, 04:14 PM
OWC Larry wrote:
Our drives we've been building for Mac first since day one and it is a true benefit that no TRIM hack is needed to get the most from them in your Mac.
I get that your SSDs are fast and reliable -- some of the best in the industry -- but what about durability/lifespan without TRIM?
Flash cells have limited write cycles. Enhanced speed comes not just from better logic, but from smaller cells subject to more disturbance effects at the atomic level. SSDs slow as they age not just because of garbage collection, but also because with more writes it becomes harder and harder to distinguish the state of a memory-cell and the controller has to make repeat-attempts to read/write data.
Without TRIM, SSDs will be doing a lot of unnecessary garbage collection and wear-leveling and that implies that the inevitable slowing down and eventual failure will arrive sooner than otherwise.