This article explains how :
https://theoverclockingpage.com/2024/05/13/tu … urance/?lang=en
The interesting Hackaday that led me there :
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/08/the-flash-mem … ashs-swan-song/
Brilliant post! I often wondered about this. Definitely worth the trade-off... But keep in mind you lose quite q bit of capacity... He started with a 500GB drive and converting it to SLC took him down to 120GB.
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mockingbird wrote on 2024-07-08, 21:41:Brilliant post! I often wondered about this. Definitely worth the trade-off... But keep in mind you lose quite q bit of capacity... He started with a 500GB drive and converting it to SLC took him down to 120GB.
I have two BX500 2TB QLC drives that are unfit for my planned use case as they are (too low write performance). A conversion to SLC or even just MLC (if possible) might well change that .
There was a very short price drop on Amazon and I got them for an unbelievable 67.97 $CAN each (likely not counterfeit as sold and shipped by Amazon), so trying this is a low risk endeavor to me.
mockingbird wrote on 2024-07-08, 21:41:Brilliant post! I often wondered about this. Definitely worth the trade-off... But keep in mind you lose quite q bit of capacity... He started with a 500GB drive and converting it to SLC took him down to 120GB.
So it's using the non-RLL certified HDD on an RLL controller except in reverse
jakethompson1 wrote on 2024-07-09, 04:04:mockingbird wrote on 2024-07-08, 21:41:Brilliant post! I often wondered about this. Definitely worth the trade-off... But keep in mind you lose quite q bit of capacity... He started with a 500GB drive and converting it to SLC took him down to 120GB.
So it's using the non-RLL certified HDD on an RLL controller except in reverse
Interesting analogy.
