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efishta · 02-02-07, 01:31 PM

I don't believe that any sort of defragmenting is necessary because flash storage is accessed electrically by the built in firmware, whereas on a hard disk, defragmenting helps because it puts fhe data in a contigous layout so the reading head doesn't have to move to random areas of the platter to access one file.
In addition, flash firmware has built in wear leveling that distributes data written to the flash cells so they are spread out evenly so the life of drive is maximised.
It is because of this that that 1) it's not recommended to defragment the drive and 2) it may not even be possible to defragment it because of the built in firmware that won't allow it even though it reports it as such.
Someone with more knowledge feel free to correct me...

02-02-07, 01:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
efishta Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 12 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I don't believe that any sort of defragmenting is necessary because flash storage is accessed electrically by the built in firmware, whereas on a hard disk, defragmenting helps because it puts fhe data in a contigous layout so the reading head doesn't have to move to random areas of the platter to access one file. In addition, flash firmware has built in wear leveling that distributes data written to the flash cells so they are spread out evenly so the life of drive is maximised. It is because of this that that 1) it's not recommended to defragment the drive and 2) it may not even be possible to defragment it because of the built in firmware that won't allow it even though it reports it as such. Someone with more knowledge feel free to correct me...