The Limitations of Today's SSDs | The Backend Engineering Show

Backend database applications relay on good storage systems for performance, durability and low latency. SSDs have been a great invention that changed the storage game compared to mechanical drives. However, SSDs came with their own sets of problems which can cause database reads and writes to plummet after a while. This episode discusses the current limitations of SSDs include garbage collection, wear leveling, over provisioning and how zoned name spaces “may” fix this. 0:00 Intro 1:40 Block 4:00 Logical Block Addressing 6:00 Flash Translation Layer 6:50 DRAM 8:50 Erase unit 11:11 Namespace 12:00 Summary 13:40 Garbage collection 16:49 Over provisioning 18:00 Write amplification 21:28 Wear leveling Resources https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/new-malware-bypasses-security-measures-by-using-ssd-over-provisioning.html https://www.snia.org/educational-library/zoned-namespaces-zns-ssds-disrupting-storage-industry-2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbX3P56Jp0o&feature=emb_title