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On NVMe drives, I don't think you generally have any control over the HPA. Samsung Magician (windows only) has an option to increase over-provisioning. It shri
by mgerdts 6y ago
On NVMe drives, I don't think you generally have any control over the HPA. Samsung Magician (windows only) has an option to increase over-provisioning. It shrinks the partition that is on the disk and erases the free space.
Enterprise drives tend to allow namespace management. With such a drive you can delete the namespace that comes from the factory and create a smaller namespace or several smaller namespaces that have an aggregate capacity that leaves the desired over-provision space unallocated.
- ece 6y agoI hadn't looked at enterprise drives before, but the Samsung 983 DCT is affordable and available, for M.2 110mm slots. It does user over-provisioning[1] (among other Samsung drives), and is a good option for those looking for more endurance. [1] https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/global.semi.static/S190311-SAMSUNG-Memory-Over-Provisioning-White-paper.pdf https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/global.semi.static/S19...