On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 10:10 PM ToddAndMargo via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On 11/22/18 7:31 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: > > I just picked up one of these (still waiting on delivery!) and just > > wanted an ack/nak on anyone else having any issues... > > > > https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147690 > > I use the 960 and 970 all the time in customer machines I build. > I have no issues in either the Fedora or Windows 10 world. > They are very reliable and faster than ... > > Make sure you size the unit such that at least half of the drive will > be empty. This greatly assists with the wear leveling mechanism > on the drive itself. > I think that makes since when it's for a customer and you want to ensure they don't have any problems because that costs you, but SSD's are still too expensive to throw away 50% of the capacity for me. I did a little research last time (I believe it was you) it was mentioned and while there are a lot of opinions the google consensus I found was that they already reserve some space from the factory but that reserving an additional 15% was sufficient to allow the wear leveling algorithms to work efficiently. Thanks, Richard
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