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Write amplification

Write amplification (WA) is an undesirable phenomenon associated with flash memory and solid-state drives (SSDs) where the actual amount of information physically written to the storage media is a multiple of the logical amount intended to be written.

Garbage collection, Basic SSD operation & TRIM

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Overview

Basic SSD operation

Calculating the value

Garbage collection

TRIM

Over-provisioning

DRAM buffer

Secure erase

Wear leveling

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Write amplification

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples145
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
Components1

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Write amplification

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related to Basic SSD operation · 19
Write amplification → As, Due, Flash, FTL, I/O, KB, LBA, MLC, NAND, P/E, Since, Single-level, SLC, SSD, The, The SSD, This, TLC, When
related to TRIM · 18
Write amplification → Because, FreeBSD, If, LBA, LBAs, Linux, Lion, Mac OS, Mountain Lion, OS, SATA, Snow Leopard, SSD, The, This, TRIM, When, Windows
related to Secure erase · 17
Write amplification → ATA Secure Erase, CDs, Drives, GParted, HDDerase, In, Linux, Many, One, Some, SSD, The ATA Secure Erase, They, This, TRIM, Ubuntu, With
related to background · 15
Write amplification → Another, BGC, If, In, ITGC, Many SSD, OCZ, OS, SSD, SSDs, The, The SandForce SSD, This, TRIM, Violin Memory
related to Garbage collection · 11
Write amplification → All SSDs, Data, Garbage, GC, However, If, In, Reads, SSD, Then, This
related to Product statements · 9
Write amplification → Before, In April, In September, Intel, SandForce, SF-1000 SSD Processor, SSD, WA, X25-M SATA SSD
related to Calculating the value · 7
Write amplification → All SSDs, In, Intel, SiliconSystems, SSD, SSDs, Write
related to Over-provisioning · 7
Write amplification → During, FTL, Mid-end, OP, OS, Over-provisioning, SSD
related to Separating static and dynamic data · 7
Write amplification → Any, If, LBAs, P/E, SSD, The, Therefore
related to Wear leveling · 7
Write amplification → Each, For, If, In, SSD, The, Unfortunately

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ssd data write flash amplification memory garbage trim user performance collection written over-provisioning drive blocks command system controller space writes

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
block status flagsinstance ofand the true amount available is usually less as some storage space is needed for the controller to keep track of non-operating system data0.80text
Write amplificationhas impactThe0.60section
Write amplificationhas impactSSD0.60section
Write amplificationhas impactWriting0.60section
Write amplificationhas impactAn SSD0.60section
Write amplificationhas impactIf0.60section
Write amplificationhas impactThis0.60section
Write amplificationrelated to backgroundThe0.60section
Write amplificationrelated to backgroundThis0.60section
Write amplificationrelated to backgroundMany SSD0.60section
Write amplificationrelated to backgroundBGC0.60section
Write amplificationrelated to backgroundITGC0.60section

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