Intel SSD 520 - USB 3.0 Wear Leveling & Garbage Collection

[ATher]

Hello,

I was hoping I could get some more educated opinions and preferably facts about a wear leveling concern I'm having with my SSD.

Usage: Running multiple VMs off a SSD connected by USB 3.0.

Device: http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-specifications/ssd-520-specifica... Intel 520 120GB SSD (SSDSC2CW120A3)

Concern: I am unable to find whether or not the device itself will do wear leveling independently since I have been told USB devices cannot pass the commands to the device and also if it its able to do garbage collection while on USB 3.0.

Thanks for your time,

Adam

[ATher]

Any update?

[Jose_H_Intel1 · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the detailed information about your setup.

I have confirmed that garbage collection will also work when connected via USB since it is part of the Intel® SSD firmware.

[ATher]

Not an issue, I hope someone else finds this useful too.

Im just going to add some tags for Google to pick up on a search:

SSD TRIM Garbage Collection Wear Leveling Device USB 3.0 3 2.0 Enclosure Bay Wreck Break Destroy Harm Issue Fix Okay