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SSD Flash – August 2009

In recent briefings with solid state drive (SSD) component and appliance manufacturers, there remains a significant divide between strategies aimed at dealing with the problem, within NAND flash, generally referred to as ‘write amplification.’ NAND devices require an entire block to be erased and re-written, even if only one byte is updated. Since this is a time-consuming process, and SSD’s are built for speed, two basic strategies exist in order to deal with the problem.

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