Intel adds ATA TRIM support to X25-M G2 SSDs

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited October 2009 in Science & Tech
Intel adds ATA TRIM support to X25-M G2 SSDs

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  • Todd
    edited October 2009
    This was really informative. Thanks.

    I'm still cautious about switching to a machine with an SSD. Can anybody quantify the "limited number" of writes that these chips can accept?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    The Intel X25-M is a great example. It can support 100GB of new data every day for 5 years at a bare minimum.

    From there, it gets very hard to quantify, because few other manufacturers have the same definition of a write cycle. That's shown here in this article announcing that SanDisk "improved" write endurance on SSDs: http://icrontic.com/news/micron-alleges-boost-in-mlc-nand-endurance

    Suffice it to say, any modern SSD running TRIM and an Indilinx or Intel drive controller is going to last a very long time under any regular usage scenario. :)
  • deepseadeepsea Lancaster, PA
    edited October 2009
    Very good to know. I'm holding off on my next build until the January timeframe - latest DX11 cards, and hopefully another round of price cuts on everything...I've been unsure as to using an SSD for my OS install, given the life cycle concerns. 5 years? I'm good.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    I'm a tad confused - if only Win7 can utilize the TRIM command, what's this quote about?
    Pete Hazen wrote:
    Not only will Windows 7 users receive the performance enhancements of the Trim command, but so will our Windows XP and Vista users.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    The SSD Toolbox performs garbage collection (GC). It's similar to Trim, but must be scheduled, and scrubs the entire drive at run time. Not ideal.
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