Hello AnandTech Forums
So as I understand it, pounding away on a Sandforce drive with lots of writes will trigger a sort of defense mechanism and the drive will progressively slow down until it is given time to recover. Not just the "backed into a corner" test, but such that even after a secure erase, it will still write slowly.
Is this just a "feature" of the SF drives, or do all SSDs do this? I had been under the impression that a secure erase to a drive would restore it to a "fresh" state, but apparently that is not the case, at least with SF.
Thanks for any help!
So as I understand it, pounding away on a Sandforce drive with lots of writes will trigger a sort of defense mechanism and the drive will progressively slow down until it is given time to recover. Not just the "backed into a corner" test, but such that even after a secure erase, it will still write slowly.
Is this just a "feature" of the SF drives, or do all SSDs do this? I had been under the impression that a secure erase to a drive would restore it to a "fresh" state, but apparently that is not the case, at least with SF.
Thanks for any help!