is it true my 120Gb Samsung 840 SSD comes with 7% Over-Provisioning built in? - and, should I add any more via the samsung magician tool? - Iam just a regular user who toys with Music Production software on an irregular basis, I don't copy large files to and forth etc, for me its a case of copying everything over once (or installing programs) and using them? I dont spend all day copying files to and from drives.
Ive read that OP uses the allocated space as a sort of "swap space" for "garbage collection"? what does it collect actually lol? Im not sure the term "garbage collection" is correct for what it does? it simply erases 'allocated free space' in prep for writing doesn't it? using that term may make noob's think the space is being used to 'dump crap' to keep the remaining available space clear/free hehe.
It seems to me that allocated OP space is just "free space" thats immediatley available for writing in case your non-op free space hasnt been TRIM'd or had its 'Garbage Collected' lol... that is to say if you have 20Gb OP then the SSD ensures that 20Gb is always available for writing, if you suddenly copy 40Gb across and none of the blocks on the non-op free space are ready they you will suffer slow write speeds for the 20-40Gb portion of it as it erases the blocks as it copys across...is that right?
Obviously as you can tell im not an expert on the subject - I cant understand how it helps increase the life of your SSD either, can anyone explain in laymans terms what it does?
thanks
Ive read that OP uses the allocated space as a sort of "swap space" for "garbage collection"? what does it collect actually lol? Im not sure the term "garbage collection" is correct for what it does? it simply erases 'allocated free space' in prep for writing doesn't it? using that term may make noob's think the space is being used to 'dump crap' to keep the remaining available space clear/free hehe.
It seems to me that allocated OP space is just "free space" thats immediatley available for writing in case your non-op free space hasnt been TRIM'd or had its 'Garbage Collected' lol... that is to say if you have 20Gb OP then the SSD ensures that 20Gb is always available for writing, if you suddenly copy 40Gb across and none of the blocks on the non-op free space are ready they you will suffer slow write speeds for the 20-40Gb portion of it as it erases the blocks as it copys across...is that right?
Obviously as you can tell im not an expert on the subject - I cant understand how it helps increase the life of your SSD either, can anyone explain in laymans terms what it does?
thanks
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