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    ExpressCache ReadyBoost and wear leveling on a small SSD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by davide445, Oct 27, 2013.

  1. davide445

    davide445 Notebook Guru

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    I got a 64GB mSATA SSD MyDigitalSSD Super Cache 2 that I use as a cache in mine Lenovo X220.

    Installed ExpressCache he reserve 32GB for his caching operations.
    Formatted in NTFS the other 32GB and allocated all of them as ReadyBoost cache.

    Since now I benefited from a really faster boot time and other enhancements.

    But

    1. Can EC and RB conflict one with the other?
    2. Having my SSD 100% allocated for caching can be a problem for his durability?
     
    davide445, Oct 27, 2013
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  2. MyDigitalSSD

    MyDigitalSSD Company Representative

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    We have an OP firmware coming out for the SC2 line. 1-2 weeks. Once you do the OP firmware it will be fine to allocate 100% of the usable space to cache. It will be fine for you to do it without being OPed but you may notice some performance degradation over time but it will not permenitly effect the SSD. Once you instal the new FW it will bring it right back to that straight out of box speed.

    MydigitalSSD
     
    MyDigitalSSD, Nov 20, 2013
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