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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: News : ARM Trying to Buy AmperComputing
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 07:48:47 +0000
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On 21/01/2025 19:56, Rich wrote:
> For SSD's, writes occur to an "erased" flash block (typically much
> larger than a "disk sector" size used by the host) and given enough
> writes over a short enough timeframe the SSD controller can run out of
> "pre-erased" blocks to use, and when that happens write speed slows
> down to the rate that can be done when a "block erase" has to occur
> before the actual writes can hit the media.  Note that this "block
> erase" can also invove moving any partially used data sectors out of
> the block into another block, creating a "write amplification"
> situation as well.

One of the best ways to gain speed and longevity is to buy an SSD that 
is way larger than you need. So it always has empty blocks available.

And can do the block erases in background


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