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Why can't you defragment Solid State Drives?

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Mar 15, 202617538 views
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I keep hearing that this is a huge no-no. Why is this? I run Ubuntu mostly so it doesn't affect me, but I was just wondering.

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Solid state drives are based on flash memory, which age very differently than standard spinning platter-based hard drives. Each sector has a limited number of write cycles, so the drives include wear-leveling features that allows the drive to last l…

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