Does trim work in RAID?

Does trim work in RAID?

Yes. Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) version 11.0 or greater supports TRIM functionality in RAID 0, beginning with the Intel® 7 Series Chipset. The latest version of the Intel Memory and Storage Tool enables you to optimize the performance of an Intel SSD.

Should Trim be enabled for SSD?

SSD TRIM facilitates important benefits in the areas of performance and drive longevity. Using the TRIM command reduces the amount of data an SSD needs to move during the garbage collection process and reduces the amount of erase cycles, enabling the drive to last longer.

Does TRIM work on RAID 0?

In an unusually terse statement, Intel officially confirmed that the ATA TRIM command now passes through to RAID-0 SSD arrays on some systems running Intel’s RST (Rapid Storage Technology ) RAID driver version 11.0 and newer.

Does RAID 1 decrease performance?

Raid1 can potentially improve READ speeds as each disk is read from in turn in much the same way as a striped array, remember, at this point the same data already exists on both disks. Writing data takes longer than normal as it has to duplicate the effort by writing the same data to both disks.

Is there a way to trim SSDs in raid?

For RAID 1 (mirroring) it would be pretty straight-forward. RAID would just pass the TRIM commands to the underlying SSDs. For parity-based RAID, however, there’s not much you could easily do with TRIM commands.

Does Intel RST for enterprise support trim (striped array)?

NOTE: TRIM is supported in IRST for RAID 0 (Striped Array), and also in RAID 1 in IRST for Enterprise on Dell Precision Workstations which support this IRST for Enterprise version. So, if I could use Intel RST for Enterprise, it would work.

Is it possible to trim with RAID1?

The temporary performance boost after a TRIM was immediately apparent. I could accept that TRIM with RAID1 is impossible if not for the last statement at the URL below, which practically proves that it can be done with the right motherboard and possibly with the requirement of using a Xeon processor.

Should I Turn Off trim on my SSD?

TRIM won’t actually be used unless Windows has an SSD to work with. Since TRIM is an SSD feature, that setting has zero effect on spinning rust. So don’t worry about turning it off. Leave it on as it wont affect your rusty platters. To actually answer your question: Yes, turning TRIM off in windows will effect the longevity of your SSD.