Ask HN: Has the Apple Silicon excessive disk read/write issue been fixed?

Re:Ask HN: Has the Apple Silicon excessive disk read/write i... by cool_hw on Thursday September 29, 2022 @04:53PM (#33027048)

As I shared in another post, compared to my linux machine, most of the posts, including yours, have atleast 5x-10x the usage. I understand that disk usage can vary wildly, but the linux machine I'm comparing with has been used through the work week for the past 6 years with VMs/docker and other large files.

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Re:Ask HN: Has the Apple Silicon excessive disk read/write i... by nieve on Thursday September 29, 2022 @11:33PM (#33030589)

On the other hand my linux Thinkpad has worryingly high numbers:

    Available Spare:                    100% 
    Available Spare Threshold:          10%
    Percentage Used:                    6%
    Data Units Read:                    123,210,825 [63.0 TB]
    Data Units Written:                 59,502,097 [30.4 TB]
    Host Read Commands:                 1,335,288,785
    Host Write Commands:                740,649,667
    Controller Busy Time:               3,494
    Power Cycles:                       3,069
    Power On Hours:                     5,339
    Unsafe Shutdowns:                   155

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Re:Ask HN: Has the Apple Silicon excessive disk read/write i... by cool_hw on Friday September 30, 2022 @10:30AM (#33035348)

Power On Hours seem to indicate the disk has been on for a good chunk of time, so I would think you're doing fine. Percentage used says 6%, so that seems decent too.

What model SSD is this?

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Re:Ask HN: Has the Apple Silicon excessive disk read/write i... by matai_kolila on Thursday September 29, 2022 @09:26PM (#33029724)

Honestly I’ll probably replace this computer much before this becomes an issue.

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Re:Ask HN: Has the Apple Silicon excessive disk read/write i... by cool_hw on Friday September 30, 2022 @10:28AM (#33035324)

I think most folks will.

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