The bigger the storage, the more problems (fragmentation), right? Which will make the iPad slower as it age. Am I right?
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The bigger the storage, the more problems (fragmentation), right?
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sassenach74
macrumors 65816
It depends on how files are stored. I've never seen a defrag tool for an iPhone or Touch, and my Touch hasn't gotten slower in 2 years. Hmmm.
It depends on the filesystem/OS. OS X with HFS+ dosen't suffer from fragmation in the same extent that Windows XP with NTFS does. Since iPhone OS is built from OS X I say this is a thing you don't need to worry about.
ZBoater
macrumors G3
Fragmentation is not as much of an issue for flash memory as it is for a spinning drive. As a matter of fact, it is recommended defragmentation processes be deactivated when installing ssd drives.
http://www.intel.com/support/ssdc/hpssd/sb/CS-029623.htm#5
http://www.intel.com/support/ssdc/hpssd/sb/CS-029623.htm#5
Julien
macrumors G4
It's flash memory so it doesn't matter. There is no mechanical head that must move to a different area to read. All reads are the same speed no matter were the data is stored in flash memory.
Still, just like SSD slow down over time as it is written to, then the flash based storage of the ipad may also slow down right?
DoFoT9
macrumors P6
technically yes. but not with flash storage, as each cell has the same access time.
because its flash memory lol. the fragmentation is different story here. you wont ever see a fragmentation tool, if you do - DONT RUN IT.
indeed. there would be some sort of write amplification taking place, but i am certain that the firmware of the SSDs should have been upgraded to the point that its all taken care of by the hardware itself. the OS wouldnt have to worry about it.