SSD

[PcAaron]

Hello everyone, how much spare space should i make sure i have on my SSD to make sure it is still as fast as when i first got it? any help is appreciated

[Altecice]

There is not slowdown when it comes to an SSD.

 

HDD's slow down when you have lots of data on them as the read head has more to travel on the outer edges of the disk between file fragments (and the more you have the more fragmented it will be, further increasing the time to locate data)

 

SSD's on the other hand, all the data is right at the 'fingertips' for the controller to read, there is almost  0 delay and the delay will never increase as there is no physical spinning disk so the data is all stored in the same location. (thus giving SSD's the increadable read/write and seek time that you cannot get on a spinnng disk HDD)

[SeanBond]

Hello everyone, how much spare space should i make sure i have on my SSD to make sure it is still as fast as when i first got it? any help is appreciated

At least 10% is a good number. 

[PcAaron]

There is not slowdown when it comes to an SSD.

HDD's slow down when you have lots of data on them as the read head has more to travel on the outer edges of the disk between file fragments (and the more you have the more fragmented it will be, further increasing the time to locate data)

SSD's on the other hand, all the data is right at the 'fingertips' for the controller to read, there is almost 0 delay and the delay will never increase as there is no physical spinning disk so the data is all stored in the same location. (thus giving SSD's the increadable read/write and seek time that you cannot get on a spinnng disk HDD)

Oh right because everywhere i have read that you should keep 10 to 15 percent of your SSD free otherwise it will slow down drastically

[DirkW]

There is not slowdown when it comes to an SSD.

 

HDD's slow down when you have lots of data on them as the read head has more to travel on the outer edges of the disk between file fragments (and the more you have the more fragmented it will be, further increasing the time to locate data)

 

SSD's on the other hand, all the data is right at the 'fingertips' for the controller to read, there is almost  0 delay and the delay will never increase as there is no physical spinning disk so the data is all stored in the same location. (thus giving SSD's the increadable read/write and seek time that you cannot get on a spinnng disk HDD)

 

Actually HDDs fastest sectors are on the outside, not the inside.

 

And remember SSDs have one "drawback": unlike with HDDs you cannot just overwrite a stored bit of data. SSDs need to delete the value first, and only then can write again (so 2 "cycles" needed). That's why it can help with performance to have some room left over. Not be confused with overprovisioning, though. Space used for that is usually invisible to the user (unless you decide to voluntarily sacrifice some of your data space to extend overprovisioning (via Samsung Magician software, for example).

[Altecice]

Actually HDDs fastest sectors are on the outside, not the inside.

 

And remember SSDs have one "drawback": unlike with HDDs you cannot just overwrite a stored bit of data. SSDs need to delete the value first, and only then can write again (so 2 "cycles" needed). That's why it can help with performance to have some room left over. Not be confused with overprovisioning, though. Space used for that is usually invisible to the user (unless you decide to voluntarily sacrifice some of your data space to extend overprovisioning (via Samsung Magician software, for example).

 

ooopsie! You are correct, Outer is quicker not inner.