Should users disable Windows Defragment and Optimize Drive for SSD?
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This article discusses about whether users should disable Windows defragment and optimize drive for SSD
Read more ...Using nvme-cli and smartmontools to check the healthiness of NVMe sticks
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This article describes how to use nvme-cli tools and the command smartctl from smartmontools to check the healthiness of NVMe sticks
Read more ...SSD controllers and customization
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A SSD controller manages the data stored on SSD and communicates with a computer or electronic device. It is a very important component and it would affect the performance of an SSD. I won't go into details about SSD controller here. Check the further reading section if you are interested.
It is very expensive (in millions of dollar) to develop a SSD controller. Most SSD manufacturers (for example: Corsair, Kingston, etc.) would not develop their own SSD controller. Instead, SSD manufacturers purchase …
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