NCR 7600 - Chapter 6: Solid State Drive Optimization; About the Intel SSD Optimizer; Intel SSD Optimizer Requirements

Chapter 6: Solid State Drive Optimization
About the Intel
®
SSD Optimizer
TheIntelSSDOptimizerhelpsanIntelSSDretainitsout‐of‐boxperformanceby
removingdeleteddatafilesfromNANDflashmanagementblocksontheSSDusing
Trimfunctionality(acommandthatallows anoperatingsystemtoinformanSSD
whichblocksofdataarenolongerconsideredinuse
andcanbedeleted).
Example: Whenyoudeleteafileonyoursystem,theoperatingsystemmarksthefile
fordeletionbutdoesnotphysicallyerasethefile.BecauseanSSDdoesnotknow
whichfilesaredeleted,theSSDcontinuestothinkallfilescontainvaliddata.This
situationcauses
theSSDtocontinuemanagingdeletedfilesinadditiontovaliddata
intheSSD.
ByrunningtheIntelSSDOptimizer,thetoolidentifieswhichfilesyouhavedeleted
andcommunicatesthatinformationtotheSSD.ThisnotificationallowstheSSDto
cleanupinternalmanagementspace,thuseliminatingtheneed
tomanagethe
deletedfiles.
YoucanscheduletheIntelSSDOptimizertorunautomaticallyonaweekly,daily,or
monthlybasisoryoucanmanuallyrunitatanytime.
Intel
®
SSD Optimizer Requirements
TheIntelSSDOptimizerrunsonIntelSSDsonly.AllIntelSSDsaresupportedexcept
first‐generation(G150nm)IntelSSDs.ToidentifyyourIntelSSD,seeIdentifying
NANDLithographyofanIntelSSD.TheX‐25VandSeries320SSDsreleasedonNCR
productsarealsosupported.
Beforerunningthe
IntelSSDOptimizer,makesuretheIntelSSDhasthelatest
firmwareinstalled.SeeCheckingforFirmwareUpdates.
NotethefollowingbeforerunningorschedulingtheIntelSSDOptimizer:
•DonotruntheIntelSSDOptimizerwhenabackupisinsession.
•DonotruntheIntelSSDOptimizeriftheIntel
SSDsareinaRAIDconfiguration.
•MakesureIntelSSDOptimizersessionsarescheduledtorunwhenthecomputer
ison.TheIntelSSDOptimizer doesnotwakeuporturnonthecomputertoruna
scheduledsession.