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Re:AWS switch from gzip to zstd – about 30% reduction in com... by sigmoid10 on Saturday August 20, 2022 @09:04PM (#32536512)
Yes they do. Intel writes this for example (not all drives use it, but some definitely do):

>Data compression via encoding algorithms enables a solid state drive (SSD) to write less data, which in turn yields higher write bandwidth. With a significant amount of data being compressible, performance benefits can be substantial.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000...

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