New OCZ Vertex Firmware - Garbage Collecting

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: taltamir
TRIM requires OS and controller support (NO raid will support it anytime soon, all modern mobo controllers do as a generic command... only really old ones truncate it causing problems), TRIM is highly efficient. To the point that GC is not needed.

GC requires nothing, it is totally internal to the drive, it is not as efficient.

Both do the same thing

I don't see them as alternatives, I see them as complementary technologies. And no, both don't do the same thing (although both are used to improve user performance).

 

[taltamir]

well, I was simplifying things. TRIM only NOTIFIES the controller of freed space as soon as it is deleted by the user, to allow it to BETTER do garbage collection and cleanup. When we say a drive has garbage collection we mean it has algorithms that do not rely on trim to identify and consolidate free space. Those specific algorithms are probably not needed and a waste of resources if you have working trim.

 

[Nahsavtoo]

I appreciate the help. Lots of good info here. Now to wait for when I get to go home