![]() As for the P1, it's important to understand how its SLC caching works: Simply leaving some space free is usually suitable as dynamic overprovisioning because of the amount of idle/downtime with consumer workloads.įirmware updates? Yeah, now that is nice to have, but usually unnecessary. ![]() Overprovisioning is also a gimmick these days for consumer drives - it used to be effective, but modern controllers are very efficient with TRIM and garbage collection. If you want really good SMART monitoring, you want Hard Disk Sentinel. Anybody who understands caching knows this so I won't get into it, you can look if up desired. It's basically the same as Samsung's RAPID mode, which in my opinion is a gimmick. BTW, the Samsung tool returns a lot less information from the Crucial drive, than Storage Executive returns from the Samsung drive. I do use my Samsung software as the primary tool for managing the Samsung drive. ![]() The Storage Executive also is able to see the Samsung SSD that is on my drive and to get basic information (like temperature and SMART information) for that drive. Collectively, these actions have significantly improved the performance of my P1. Further, the Storage Executive enabled me to over-provision my drive easily and to create a PC RAM-resident cache for the drive - what Crucial calls "Momentum Cache". Post-firmware, the drive is able to maintain around 500 MB/sec. ![]() Before the firmware update was applied, the P1 would throttle down to a transfer speed around 50 MB/sec after about 30 seconds of continuous use. The primary benefit to me was it provided the ability to apply a firmware update to my 1TB P1 drive which enabled me to effectively use the drive to manage large files. I've found the Storage Executive software to be very useful. ![]()
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