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What does "4K Random Write" mean with SSDs?
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I'm buying a new SSD. One of the specs I'm comparing is 4k Random Write (Aligned): 50,000 IOPS and 4k Random Write (Aligned): 10,000 IOPS. What does this spec mean?
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Random write as in it writes data to random locations all over the drive (this is similar to what average usage of a machine does - writes a small log file here, a small cookie there, etc), 4K as in the size of the files (aka fairly small). Aligned …
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