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I read somewhere that optimizing an SSD drive was harmful to it. Do you know if this is correct?
It is a 10TB Raid5 NAS.

Please let mo know if you do.

What I have tried:

Nothing yet. I am in the process of searching the web, as I feel you guys are the most knowlegable.
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Updated 2-Jul-21 21:37pm

If you mean defragging it, then long-term yes it does. SSD "wears out" as you write to, it and defragging moves data around to make it simpler for rotating disks to access without extra seek operations.
SSD's don't have seeks - no heads to move between tracks! - so defragging does nothing useful anyway.
 
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Uhhh... only if you want to deplete the spare block pool. SSDs have spares because the blocks that make up the capacity of an SSD can only be written so many times before they fail. So, if you're going to "optimize" an SSD, you're going to be doing additional writing by moving data around.

SSD don't need optimization because there are no moving parts in an SSD. Optimization is a good idea on spinning rust drives to minimize head seeking and waiting for sequential data to spin under the heads. This isn't a thing for SSDs, so isn't necessary.

Google for "SSD Endurance" for more on the lifespan of an SSD.
 
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Slow Eddie 3-Jul-21 11:46am    
Thank you for the reply. I appreciate it.
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I read somewhere that optimizing an SSD drive was harmful to it. Do you know if this is correct?

In fact, first question is "what is optimization with SSD ?".
Optimization is initially related to HD.
With HD, what downgrade performance is the mechanical parts, moving heads and disk rotation.
Optimization is about minimizing those delay.
With SSD, there is no mechanical part to optimize. So just the concept does not exist.
 
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Slow Eddie 3-Jul-21 11:47am    
Thank you for the reply. I appreciate it. I was thinking of Windows 10 drive Optimization. I see that it is not required.

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