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SpyderTracks
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SSD's don't fragment.
Defragging an SSD actually damages it by decreasing it's Read/Write lifetime.
There's absolutely no need to defrag an SSD of any type and will have negative impacts on the drive.
Defragging an SSD actually damages it by decreasing it's Read/Write lifetime.
There's absolutely no need to defrag an SSD of any type and will have negative impacts on the drive.
SpyderTracks
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That’s not an ssd.
Ah, I see what you mean, the hdd is paired with optane, I read it just as an optane drive.
It may well be because it’s linked to the optane module.
Edit: found this
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Ah, I see what you mean, the hdd is paired with optane, I read it just as an optane drive.
It may well be because it’s linked to the optane module.
Edit: found this
Optimize Drives says I have SSD when I have HDD - Windows 10 Help Forums
As a result it won't let me optimize the drive. If this helps I'm running fall creators update (1709) and the hard drive from device manager is specifically "Intel Optane+931GBHDD".
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SpyderTracks
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Edited post above already
SpyderTracks
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I think it’s because the drive behaves so quickly (because of optane), it sees it as an ssd.
ubuysa
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I'm not 100% sure how Optane is seen by Windows, but I suspect, based on what you see, that Windows sees the Optane cache as being the entire drive D: and it looks like an SSD - hence no defragmentation. I'm also not 100% sure of the internal relationship between the cache and the HDD (and the algorithms that drive the cache) so it might be that if you do try and defrag the HDD you'll screw up the data in the cache. That may well result in lots of data being loaded and unloaded from Optane and a potential reduction in its lifespan....
In any case, an Optane cached drive shouldn't benefit all that much from being defragged. That's because (if the Optane algorithms are working properly) most of the I/O operations are satisfied from Optane and not the HDD. Defragging the HHD thus won't make a scrap of difference to the performance you see.
If it were mine I'd accept that Windows thinks it's an SSD and not attempt to defrag it.
In any case, an Optane cached drive shouldn't benefit all that much from being defragged. That's because (if the Optane algorithms are working properly) most of the I/O operations are satisfied from Optane and not the HDD. Defragging the HHD thus won't make a scrap of difference to the performance you see.
If it were mine I'd accept that Windows thinks it's an SSD and not attempt to defrag it.
ubuysa
The BSOD Doctor
Even if the drive is fragmented, as long as all the read/writes (or most of them anyway) are coming from the Optane cache Windows will never 'see' the fragmentation.
I also found this: https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...8/memory-and-storage/intel-optane-memory.html
It says...
What you're seeing is by design, so don't attempt to defrag that HDD.
ubuysa
The BSOD Doctor
I have no practical experience of Optane, but from what I've read....
Yes it's easy to upgrade, it's an M.2 module that installs on the motherboard.
There is a 'driver' and control software which you get from Intel.