Crucial MX100 Over-Provisioning?

Shampoo · 16 Feb 2015 at 18:07

How do I go about doing this to maximise the life of my drive? Is it just a case of shrinking the volume by 20% in disk management and leaving it unallocated?

Thanks.

ED209 · 16 Feb 2015 at 19:04

does the SSD come with any software at all? as you can normally do stuff like that in the software

I know the Samsung ssds have this option under its magician software

Shampoo · 16 Feb 2015 at 20:31

Nah, it didn't come with anything. I couldn't find any specific tools on their website either?

ED209 · 16 Feb 2015 at 20:52

I just had a look and couldn't find any either.

if you want to set it my evo sets 23.29GB (10%) for OP.

all you need to do is shrink the volume down by the amount you wish to allocate and then not assign it any partition and just leave it unallocated, here is how my disk management looks as I have 2 evos.

Shampoo · 16 Feb 2015 at 21:20

Job done.

Rroff · 16 Feb 2015 at 21:22

From my experience the amount of OP most SSDs want you to set is way over the top - more like 3-4% is the most anyone will realistically need IMO though I could be wrong.

Shampoo · 16 Feb 2015 at 21:47

The amount I'm using wont hurt either way. I'll never get anywhere near filling it so the lost space wont be missed.

ED209 · 16 Feb 2015 at 23:18

likewise, if I get low on space I will lower it down to 5% but so far got loads free

Dimension · 20 Feb 2015 at 18:19

Stop worrying about SSD life!

I have had several SSD's running for years and havent not had a failure.

The oldest one is an OCZ Vertex v1 SSD running for the past 5 years 24/7 and see no errors on it yet, and this has run a combination of Windows and VMware, and these were supposed to be terrible. (performance is compared to the MX100's i recently purchased, but still faster than any HDD)

Generally I believe you will replace it for a larger one long before it dies from wear.

andy_mk3 · 20 Feb 2015 at 19:46

I agree entirely with the above!

I have an OCZ Vertex and two OCZ Agility 3's in use still, some of the most unreliable drives ever! All of which have had a few TB's written to them now.

PowerPie5000 · 20 Feb 2015 at 19:56

I can say I was completely put off by the OCZ Vertex II... I went through 2 of them (one was a warranty replacement) and then my third drive was a Corsair Force 3 that also failed miserably after a short amount of time. This was a few years back and I've not had an SSD since, but now i'm thinking about adding a small SSD to use for caching alongside my 2TB mechanical drive.

I know SSD's are miles better these days and I think i'm ready to give them another go, especially now they don't cost as much

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K1LLER HORNET · 22 Feb 2015 at 23:16

PowerPie5000 said:
I can say I was completely put off by the OCZ Vertex II... I went through 2 of them (one was a warranty replacement) and then my third drive was a Corsair Force 3 that also failed miserably after a short amount of time. This was a few years back and I've not had an SSD since, but now i'm thinking about adding a small SSD to use for caching alongside my 2TB mechanical drive.

I know SSD's are miles better these days and I think i'm ready to give them another go, especially now they don't cost as much .

Just make sure to give Samsung a wide birth.