SSD Read Performance Question

[erdemali]

How would the read access time be affected as no of individual files increases? I would guess as the no of individual files increases one would expect longer read access time. But what would be the correlation?

 

[razel]

Number of files and performance relates to the type of file system (FAT32, NTFS) and how reading the master file table is implemented by the OS or program. SSDs do not care about the file system, only what sections are used and not used. So it depends on the implementation and it's not specifically related to SSDs.

 

[erdemali]

Number of files and performance relates to the type of file system (FAT32, NTFS) and how reading the master file table is implemented by the OS or program. SSDs do not care about the file system, only what sections are used and not used. So it depends on the implementation and it's not specifically related to SSDs.

Thanks, appreciated. I guess it has many dependent variables playing a role.
I just wanted to find out how a SSD reacts when a few files with different sizes requested.

 

[graysky]

@op - running windows I guess? Linux offers other options for filesystems that are very SSD friendly.

 

[erdemali]

@op - running windows I guess? Linux offers other options for filesystems that are very SSD friendly.

Yes you are correct, I am running windows. But I am more concerned about how a SSD looks for files internally when requested.
By a long shot, I think every written block gets indexed and gets memorised by SSD and when certain files requested it does its calculations and serves the files inquired. If it is correct, calculations would get more complex and the effect would be longer access times.