SSDs should not need de-fragmenting. The problem with fragmented disk volumes is that the parts of a file get scattered all of the disk. That means it takes multiple seeks to get an entire file. De-fragmenting organizes each file in neighboring blocks on the same cylinder, so the file can be accessed with the fewest number of seeks.
SSDs don’t seek. Any block anywhere on the SSD can be read with no delay. The only effect of de-fragmenting an SSD would be to shorten its lifetime by doing unnecessary writes. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Feb 24, 2016, at 1:22 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > > Identical SSDs. Never defrag same! Only difference is the one is up to date > and the other is out of date by about four weeks. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
