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Re:Mac mini Late 2018 Teardown by vetinari on Friday November 09, 2018 @11:26AM (#18415564)
On SSDs, you also want as much as free space as possible, to avoid wearing out due to write amplification the few free blocks that are constantly rewritten.
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Re:Mac mini Late 2018 Teardown by sjburt on Friday November 09, 2018 @11:50AM (#18415792)
Modern SSDs (last 5 years or so) will wear level by relocating infrequently written blocks.
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