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Date:      Tue, 30 May 2023 20:57:35 +0200
From:      Kira <nyakov13@gmail.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: read and write back full disk to trigger relocation
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In-Reply-To: <20230530162513.GK1030@lena.kiev>
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No, SSDs have entirely different behaviour, you just lover SSD life by doin=
g so=2E

SSDs automatically refresh decaying data=2E To be sure you may want to rea=
d all of it like so:

dd if=3D/dev/ssddev of=3D/dev/null bs=3D1m


30 =D0=BC=D0=B0=D1=8F 2023 =D0=B3=2E 18:25:13 GMT+02:00, Lena@lena=2Ekiev=
=2Eua =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82:
>> From the dd(1) manpage:
>>=20
>>      Do a refresh of a disk drive, in order to prevent presently recove=
rable
>>      read errors from progressing into unrecoverable read errors:
>>=20
>>            dd if=3D/dev/ada0 of=3D/dev/ada0 bs=3D1m
>>=20
>> That won't trigger relocation, but it will refresh the decaying data=2E
>
>Would that be useful for SSD?
>

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<html><head></head><body><div dir=3D"auto">No, SSDs have entirely different=
 behaviour, you just lover SSD life by doing so=2E<br><br>SSDs automaticall=
y refresh decaying data=2E To be sure you may want to read all of it like s=
o:<br><br>dd if=3D/dev/ssddev of=3D/dev/null bs=3D1m<br></div><br><br><div =
class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto">30 =D0=BC=D0=B0=D1=8F 2023 =D0=B3=
=2E 18:25:13 GMT+02:00, Lena@lena=2Ekiev=2Eua =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=
=82:</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0=
=2E8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class=3D"k9mail"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0=
pt 0pt 1ex 0=2E8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"><di=
v dir=3D"auto">From the dd(1) manpage:<br><br>     Do a refresh of a disk d=
rive, in order to prevent presently recoverable<br>     read errors from pr=
ogressing into unrecoverable read errors:<br><br>           dd if=3D/dev/ad=
a0 of=3D/dev/ada0 bs=3D1m<br><br>That won't trigger relocation, but it will=
 refresh the decaying data=2E<br></div></blockquote><div dir=3D"auto"><br>W=
ould that be useful for SSD?<br><br></div></pre></blockquote></div></body><=
/html>
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