SSD & Anti Virus software

[Ken Blake]

Let's hope the OP is smart enough to ignore your April Fool's joke
(which you posted two days late).

A joke? I doubt it. He simply sounds like someone who doesn't know
what he's talking about.

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Are there special considerations about anti-virus software and using a
SSD? I am thinking about how many write actions a program performs on
the SSD.

Any anti-virus programs that should not be used with a SSD?

I used to think that you needed to baby an SSD before buying one too,
but now that I own one, I know it's overkill. An SSD will last for upto
300 years under normal write conditions. Even if you have a super-busy
setup, you might get 150 years out of it. In other words, don't worry
about it.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Mark F]

Are there special considerations about anti-virus software and using a
SSD?

The main thing is that normal programs (i.e., not utilities from
the manufacturer that get around the normal "virtual" interface to
the device) don't actually erase any viruses that are found, but
instead at most cause the device to remove external pointers to
the infected blocks, which then allows the device to erase the
infected data at some unknown point in the future if firmware
on the device decides that it needs to reuse the space.

I am thinking about how many write actions a program performs on
the SSD.

Only a few writes will be done unless the antivirus program somehow
records its scans. Even then, the number of writes would be small
compared to the expected lifetime of the device, even if you are
scanning all of the time. (Having many viruses, as contrasted with
almost none, won't effect things significantly.)

 

[Dave-UK]

No that I know of, but somehow I stumbled on their website and found
Intel SSD Toolbox:
<https://downloadcenter.intel.com/De...(120GB,+2.5in+SATA+6Gb/s,+25nm,+MLC)&lang=eng>

<http://tinyurl.com/bpus4un>

It has a menu 'Intel SSD Optimizer' and they advise you to run it once a
week:

<quote

Optimizes Intel SSDs using Trim functionality. The latest firmware must
be installed for this tool to function. Click Firmware Update to check
for the latest firmware. Intel recommends running the Intel SSD
Optimizer once a week.

</quote>

If it was that important I would have thought the software would be shipped
with the SSD for the end user to find, or at least a link to the website.
The toolbox is now listed in a small link on their main page.
http://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/us/en/solid-state-drives/solid-state-drives-ssd.html

 

[s|b]

If it was that important I would have thought the software would be shipped
with the SSD for the end user to find, or at least a link to the website.
The toolbox is now listed in a small link on their main page.
http://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/us/en/solid-state-drives/solid-state-drives-ssd.html

I can't remember. Could be that it was on a (little) piece of paper. I'm
pretty sure there wasn't a CD-ROM...

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Hi, Dave.

When I bought my first (and so-far only) SSD (an Intel 120 GB 520 series)
from Best Buy in February 2013, it was packaged in a small box. In the box
were mounting accessories and a Quick Start Guide - and a small 3.25" CD
ROM. The CD held the Installation Guide and Warranty. On the cover of the
CD was the message: Intel Data Migration Software can be downloaded from
www.intel.com/go.ssdinstallation. In other words, there wasn't much on the
CD except a 1.5 MB installation guide in 12 languages. This duplicated and
expanded the paper quick start guide.

I have bought drives (both USB thumb drives and also hard drives) that
come with a folder containing utility software. It seems a reasonable
way to provide software, especially if they *tell* you that it's there.

Obviously it won't work if the drive requires software preinstalled on
the computer.

There is a mounting "sled" to adapt the 2.5" SSD to a 3.5" drive slot, but
the only empty slot in my tower is for a 5..25" drive, so the SSD is kind of
"hanging loose" inside the case. But it works fine - no moving parts, you
know.

And in the box there is a decal that says, "SPEED DEMON". Since the SSD is
hidden inside my desktop, I don't know where to stick that... ;^}

Careful - someone might give you unwanted advice

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

A joke? I doubt it. He simply sounds like someone who doesn't know
what he's talking about.

I was trying to be gentle

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I used to think that you needed to baby an SSD before buying one too,
but now that I own one, I know it's overkill. An SSD will last for upto
300 years under normal write conditions. Even if you have a super-busy
setup, you might get 150 years out of it. In other words, don't worry
about it.

Yousuf Khan

Only 150 years? That's hardly enough for me

 

[Ken Blake]

And in the box there is a decal that says, "SPEED DEMON". Since the SSD is
hidden inside my desktop, I don't know where to stick that... ;^}

Whew! It's a good thing you're a friend of mine, so I won't tell where
to ...

Never mind.

 

[Ken Blake]

I was trying to be gentle

Yes, I know. But in my view, gentleness wasn't deserved in this case.

 

[Ken Blake]

An SSD will last for upto
300 years under normal write conditions. Even if you have a super-busy
setup, you might get 150 years out of it.

Who me? At my age (75)? <g>

I wish! If I believed that, I'd buy a couple more tomorrow.

Ken

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Yes, I know. But in my view, gentleness wasn't deserved in this case.

LOL...

 

[Bob I]

A joke? I doubt it. He simply sounds like someone who doesn't know
what he's talking about.

You see the sender's moniker?

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Ken.

You did see my tongue-in-cheek smiley, I hope. ;^}

RC


"Ken Blake" wrote in message

And in the box there is a decal that says, "SPEED DEMON". Since the SSD
is
hidden inside my desktop, I don't know where to stick that... ;^}

Whew! It's a good thing you're a friend of mine, so I won't tell where
to ...

Never mind.

 

[Ken Blake]

Hi, Ken.

You did see my tongue-in-cheek smiley, I hope. ;^}

I did. I just added my own "smiley" (in the form of a couple of
sentences."

 

[Ken Blake]

You see the sender's moniker?

"Hacker"? Yes, I saw it. Does that mean he's purposely trying to
mislead people? I have no idea and I don't really care. But I did want
others here to know that what he said was wrong, regardless of why he
said it. Many of us know that what he said was wrong, but some people
here don't.

 

[Bob I]

"Hacker"? Yes, I saw it. Does that mean he's purposely trying to
mislead people? I have no idea and I don't really care. But I did want
others here to know that what he said was wrong, regardless of why he
said it. Many of us know that what he said was wrong, but some people
here don't.

Yes he could have closed with

/sarc

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Yes he could have closed with

/sarc

Assuming he wasn't intentiomally trying to mislead...

 

[Bob I]

Assuming he wasn't intentiomally trying to mislead...

Seemed sarcastic to me, why would a Hacker care what you paid for your
hardware?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Seemed sarcastic to me, why would a Hacker care what you paid for your
hardware?

Huh?