After NAND Flash and controller, DRAM is perhaps the most important component on an SSD. In our premier article of our newest ‘ Learning to Run with Flash 2.0’ entitled, ‘Understanding SLC, MLC, TLC and QLC NAND Flash‘ we provided an understanding of the different types of NAND and value of each in the SSD spectrum. Today, we’ll be taking …
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Disk Optimization is a very simple process by which your PC physically removes deleted and unnecessary data from your SSD in order to allow for better performance and longevity. You can do this manually as we will demonstrate, but thankfully your PC has already set this up. Drive Optimization is a beneficial and background process that occurs automatically with PCs. …
Read More » Our last ‘Quick Hit’ in our Learning to Run With Flash 2.0 Series was titled, ‘Where is My New SSD?‘ and it did just that. It explained why some appear to lose their SSD on installation and how to get on the right track once again. In that, we tackled how to initialize ones disk, but not the specifics of …
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