Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 4 months agoDefragged Zebrash.itjust.worksimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
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minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoPro tip: Defragmenting only works on spinning drives because it puts the data nearer to the spindle so seek times are shorter. Solid-state drives wear out faster if you defragment them, since every write involves a little bit of damage.
minus-squarevocornflakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI was about to throw hands, but then I learned something new about how SSDs store data in pre-argument research. My poor SSDs. I’ve been killing them.
minus-squareKenny@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoNo you didn‘t. All somewhat current operating systems do not defrag SSDs, they just run TRIM and it does not kill them.
Pro tip: Defragmenting only works on spinning drives because it puts the data nearer to the spindle so seek times are shorter. Solid-state drives wear out faster if you defragment them, since every write involves a little bit of damage.
I was about to throw hands, but then I learned something new about how SSDs store data in pre-argument research. My poor SSDs. I’ve been killing them.
No you didn‘t. All somewhat current operating systems do not defrag SSDs, they just run TRIM and it does not kill them.