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On Sun, 26 May 2013 18:48:18 -0500
Adam Vande More wrote:


> Um, that is wrong.  It is in fact the basically the point of TRIM.
> And SSD's typically use the best form of wear leveling and it's
> usually advisable to leave a bit of the drive unpartitioned/unused to
> ensure the wear leveling works optimally.

Would the UFS  default 8% reserve achieve that?