On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM Nicolas George <geo...@nsup.org> wrote: > > Jeffrey Walton (12025-01-15): > > Probably better since disk controllers often use compression to > > minimize writes and blocks written during a write cycle. > > I find that statement highly dubious. Do you have a source?
Reliably Erasing Data from Flash-Based Solid State Drives, <https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/lisa11/tech/slides/wei.pdf>, Practical Erase Suspension for Modern Low-latency SSDs, <https://www.usenix.org/system/files/atc19-kim-shine.pdf>, In-drive SSD compression boosts performance and endurance, <https://blocksandfiles.com/2019/09/03/compression-inside-qlc-ssd-endurance/> and friends. Jeff
