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[C <smaug42@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:09, Graham Anderson
<graham.anderson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 Nov 2011 10:05:28 C wrote:
> > Same goes for setting aside 15% of the SSD for "spare" space.
> > Many/most SSD manufacturers already do this, so as a user you should
> > be able to just use whatever you see as available space and not worry
> > about it.
>
> I was under the impression that consumer grade SSD's had very little or no
> reserve space to help bring the cost down. Admitedly this assumption is only
> from reading a few articles from Anand Lal Shimpi comparing SSD's a while
> back.

It is really hard to keep up with all the info flying around on SSDs.
One place (blog/forum/mailing list) says, with no references, based
mainly on hearsay, that the SSDs have no extra space at all.. and
another says they do.

I've looked at the data sheets of several SSD manufacturers and most
state an over provisioning of a certain percentage. IBM, Toshiba, and
Intel (among others) for example all have published their
claims/statements of over provisioning as a major sell point.

C.
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