Raid0 and TRIM Support on Intel 11.5 OROM and Latest v11.5.0.1184 RST Drivers ?

[felix_w]

Hi all,

In addition to Fernando's HxD method of verifying TRIM functionality, i would like to add this program i just found :

TRIMCheck

I'm just adding the post of user "Bad Machine" of theSSDreview forums, where i found it :

TRIMcheck: A FREEWARE TRIM TESTER
The title says it all. fsutil will tell you if TRIM is enabled or not, but it won't tell you if it is really functional. TRIMcheck will actually check if TRIM works or not.

This program has no GUI, it runs in a command prompt window. You must copy it on the SSD that you are testing and run it twice, waiting for at least 30 seconds to a minute between runs in order to ensure accurate results.

When executed for the first time it will write on specific sectors on the SSD. It will then delete the written data and exit. When you run it a second time a minute later, it will try to read the exact same sectors. When TRIM works you'll get zeroes on the sectors it wrote, plus a notification that TRIM works. If the data is still there you'll be notified that TRIM is not working. This is good for cases where certain software use cheap workarounds that cripple TRIM in order to ensure SSD compatibility. In such cases fsutil will still show that TRIM is enabled, regardless if it really works or not. With this proggie you'll know for sure.

Hope you like it, i just tested it with success on system (non-raid).


EDIT :

Since there has been some misunderstanding, i did not develop the tool, i clearly stated that i found it and gave a link to where i found it.

Developer is Vladimir Panteleev and source of the tool is CyberShadow's blog.

Both are stated in the program running window, first 2 lines.