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Understanding SSDs: the need for TRIM, overprovisioning, and more

Understanding SSDs: the need for TRIM, overprovisioning, and more
  • Posted June 8, 2013, 3:54 PM by Kent Smith | Filed in Hardware
  • A number of years ago, the storage industry got together and developed a solution between the OS and the SSD by creating a new SATA command called TRIM. It is not a command that forces the SSD to immediately erase data like some people believe.

Intel adds TRIM support for SSDs in RAID 0, 7-series motherboard required

Intel adds TRIM support for SSDs in RAID 0, 7-series motherboard required
  • Posted August 16, 2012, 4:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
  • Solid-state drives have supported TRIM for years in order to maintain performance over time. But the command has never worked on SSDs configured in RAID arrays -- until now, that is. Intel has released a new Rapid Storage Technology (RST)…

Intel adding TRIM support for SSDs in RAID 0 with RST 11.5

Intel adding TRIM support for SSDs in RAID 0 with RST 11.5
  • Posted November 22, 2011, 3:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
  • Windows 7 and Intel's RST (Rapid Storage Technology) have supported TRIM for quite a while, but this support has always excluded solid-state drives in RAID configurations. Fortunately for owners of multiple SSDs who want to put all their precious GBs…

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