Do i need to take notice of this warning ?

[Daytrader]

Guys in samsung magician software, that i use for my SSD 870 EVO 4TB, in drive details tab, it says in red insufficient free space, even thou i have a 10% over provision, like 400GB, and still 678GB free space left, so over 1TB available, is this right ? or over cautious the software being, i dont really want to even have 678GB free, i was hoping to use most of that, can i use more space, or even have to delete some used space to get rid of the warning, thx

 

[mickyflinn]

Mite slow down a bit and can shorten the life of the ssd but with such a large capacity id be less worried.

Wouldnt let it go less than 5%.

 

[Daytrader]

Thx for reply, warning me at like 1TB left(inc over provision) is a bit much don't you think thou, so you reckon i can go down to like 200 GB then ? that's total 600GB inc over provision.

 

[mickyflinn]

7% to 10% is reccomened which is 400gb at the higher range so your fine to use the rest but leaving a bit extra is wise.

 

[Daytrader]

Ok thx

 

[lsg1r]

Admittedly a different brand but I've literally been running an mx500 1tb with just 50megs free (no over provision either) for a bit... apart from being a bit slower nothing happened.

IIRC the software is set to something like 20% free space and doesn't take into account over provisioning when measuring stuff.... basically you've got nothing to worry about with that much free space.

 

[Daytrader]

Thx, yeh i been reading more, and a lot of people are saying don't worry to much, cheers