U Udden macrumors newbie Original poster Feb 22, 2011 22 0 Feb 24, 2011 #1 I asked this in another thread but I'm kind of eager to finish my order. I'm thinking of getting the 128 gb ssd. It's really borderline small so I'm asking: Will filling it up impact it's performance?
I asked this in another thread but I'm kind of eager to finish my order. I'm thinking of getting the 128 gb ssd. It's really borderline small so I'm asking: Will filling it up impact it's performance?
Relznuk macrumors 6502 Sep 27, 2009 391 0 UT, USA Feb 24, 2011 #2 Filling any drive up will impact it's performance. Try to leave 10-15% free for best results.
W Warbitrary macrumors regular Nov 24, 2009 212 0 Montréal, Canada Feb 24, 2011 #3 You can fill an SSD up to 99% and performance will not drop. Source: http://macperformanceguide.com/Storage-WhyYouNeedMoreThanYouNeed.html However, to avoid "choking" the operating system, I suggest leaving at least 5GB free for virtual memory, spotlight indexes, etc.
You can fill an SSD up to 99% and performance will not drop. Source: http://macperformanceguide.com/Storage-WhyYouNeedMoreThanYouNeed.html However, to avoid "choking" the operating system, I suggest leaving at least 5GB free for virtual memory, spotlight indexes, etc.