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I used the Samsung Magician program to check my SSD and it recommends disabling Indexing b/c it generates a lot of random reads and writes.
But it seems like if I disable Indexing then everytime I do a search it'll read every file. That seems worse than the way I'd presume that Indexing works: reading each file as it changes. .
So, what's the relative improvement in Health (lifespan) for disabling Indexing?
Clay Nichols
Posted 2015-03-01T12:50:48.790
Reputation: 4 494
Reading a file doesn't introduce a write to the device. SSDs only have limited writes. SSDs are extremely fast. So indexing will decrease the lifespan of the device. – Ramhound – 2015-03-03T13:45:38.780
@Ramhound, I see. So, it's the constant writing to update the index that is causing the shortened life span. – Clay Nichols – 2015-03-04T14:48:49.100
@Ramhound , so, if I could store the index on a regular HDD then that would not shorten the lifespan, right? (not sure if that's possible. – Clay Nichols – 2015-03-04T14:49:24.553
My previous comment wasn't correct so I deleted it. Yes, what you describe is indeed possible.
– Ramhound – 2015-03-05T17:08:22.283