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So IOPS drops to HDD-like levels after several minutes of 4K mixed reads/writes with write-through. Why is that a reason to avoid consumer grade SSDs? The origi
by mrob 10y ago
So IOPS drops to HDD-like levels after several minutes of 4K mixed reads/writes with write-through. Why is that a reason to avoid consumer grade SSDs? The original article is talking about ThinkPads, which are highly unlikely to ever see this kind of workload. Endurance isn't an issue with the kind of writes you'll typically get on a laptop either. Consumer-grade SSDs are more than fast enough for even heavy consumer-grade workloads.