I simply wanted to post how impressed I've been with SpinRite 6.1.
For many years I've hand my OS and (mostly) static volumes on an SSD. The thinking was if a volume largely does not get written to I'd not wear out the SSD and would be able to keep it working for an extended period. My mostly volatile volumes are on 'flying rust' storage. I became aware of the discussions on how SSDs will become slower over time due to the weakening cells, but usually I didn't pay it much concern. Finally, I've purchased SpinRight and ran a Level 3 on my OS SSD.
At first the scan was 'ripping' quite fast, then towards the halfway point is was a though it hit a wall. I had no idea how hard my SSD was working to read my Volumes. The benchmarks (below) where shocking. I had thought that the SSD was worn out but its as if its a new drive again. Many thanks to Steve and the people in this forum. It went from (end of drive rate) 13.318 MB/s to 543.752 MB/s
As an aside, I really owe every OS developer a sincere apology. For years I've been blaming OS 'Cruft' for the slowing of my systems, now I'm thinking the tired SSD was a major part of the problem. Now I need to get my hands on my wife's laptop to 'restore' it as well.....
For many years I've hand my OS and (mostly) static volumes on an SSD. The thinking was if a volume largely does not get written to I'd not wear out the SSD and would be able to keep it working for an extended period. My mostly volatile volumes are on 'flying rust' storage. I became aware of the discussions on how SSDs will become slower over time due to the weakening cells, but usually I didn't pay it much concern. Finally, I've purchased SpinRight and ran a Level 3 on my OS SSD.
At first the scan was 'ripping' quite fast, then towards the halfway point is was a though it hit a wall. I had no idea how hard my SSD was working to read my Volumes. The benchmarks (below) where shocking. I had thought that the SSD was worn out but its as if its a new drive again. Many thanks to Steve and the people in this forum. It went from (end of drive rate) 13.318 MB/s to 543.752 MB/s
As an aside, I really owe every OS developer a sincere apology. For years I've been blaming OS 'Cruft' for the slowing of my systems, now I'm thinking the tired SSD was a major part of the problem. Now I need to get my hands on my wife's laptop to 'restore' it as well.....
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| Drive's measured performance before running SpinRite |
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| smart polling delay: 8.961 msec |
| random sectors time: 0.288 msec |
| front of drive rate: 481.882 MB/s |
| midpoint drive rate: 538.593 MB/s |
| end of drive rate: 13.318 MB/s |
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| Drive's measured performance after running SpinRite |
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| smart polling delay: 8.950 msec |
| random sectors time: 0.131 msec |
| front of drive rate: 558.670 MB/s |
| midpoint drive rate: 558.403 MB/s |
| end of drive rate: 543.752 MB/s |
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