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Stop trusting a fresh Windows install: Why you must manually verify TRIM and SSD write-caching

Reinstalled Windows? Make sure your SSD isn’t missing the basics ...
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These 6 Windows background processes might be slowly shortening your SSD's lifespan

SSDs last a long time, but if your PC runs these background processes, you might be killing it slowly.
Ars Technica

benefits of Write Caching for an external USB drive ??

So while mucking around I noticed that my external hard drive is set to 'Optimize for Quick Removal' which disables write caching for the drive. Windows tells me this means it is safe to just yank the ...
Ars Technica

RAID5 Write Speed

I currently am working with someones Dell server that has 3x2TB SATA drives (7200rpm) in a RAID5 array (PERC5) running Windows 7. I did a quick CrystalDiskMark and the read speed was fine (~300MB/s) ...