Recently I stumbled upon a program which defragments SSD's. So I contacted them and asked "if SSDs are fast, why would you need to defrag them, and does not this shorten their life?". Reply was that the benefit of defragmenting out ways the shorter life span (rough translation).
Is there any truth, or just snake oil, Mindblower! 🙂
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Hi MB!
Defragging an SSD is a total waste of time. Neither Windows nor any programs running on Windows have direct access to an SSD.
So, all you end up doing is writing to the controller, which then writes to the SSD, putting all the files where it wants to. The controller knows best where to place all those files to limit wear.
Whoever said defragmenting an SSD is a good idea doesn't know what they're talking about. Period.
Richard
Thanks Richard. Wanted an honest opinion. Sadly there are companies selling such products and will try to convince you that their snake oil works, Mindblower!
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