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Samsung Portable SSD T7 – Only seeing trim action on 1 of 3 similar SSDs

We are in Sequoia on a new M4 Mini. Decided to do speed tests on our 3 external SSDs, which are connected via a USB2 hub (but we see same results when connected directly).

Trimforce is set ON.

SSD#1 is T7 Shield 2TB. GUID, 10 Partitions, all MacOS Extended Journaled. Data volumes.

Write/Read ~775 / ~600 MB/s 24 months old.

SSD#2 is T7 2TB. MBR, 10 Partitions, all MacOS Extended Journaled. Backups of #1.

Write/Read ~100 / ~600 MB/s 16 months old.

SSD#3 is T7 Shield 2TB. GUID, 3 Containers, all APFS. Miscellaneous OS versions.

Write/Read ~800 / ~600 MB/s 14 months old.

When we run Disk Utility First Aid, only SSD#1 shows "trimming unused blocks", 5 lines above completion.

We are guessing that the lack of trim actions has slowed SSD#2?

And that trimming is simply not reflected in that process for APFS on SSD#3?

When new, SSD#2 had after performance like the other two.

Is it time to wipe SSD#2 (and maybe change to GUID?)

Or is there a way to force trim, from a different environment?

Thanks for any insight.

Mac mini (M4)

Posted on Nov 13, 2024 4:45 PM

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Posted on Nov 20, 2024 2:00 PM

to make sure TRIM will be supported, you need to have the SSD in a Thunderbolt enclosure - regardless if it's a SATA or an NVME SSD. Thunderbolt as a protocol transmits the TRIM command. When buying an USB enclosure and TRIM support is not specified on the manufacturer website, then TRIM will not be passed to SSD.


Samsung Shield T7 2tb as an example allegedly supports full S.M.A.R.T passthrough, along with TRIM command.


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Nov 20, 2024 2:00 PM in response to Al Cellier

to make sure TRIM will be supported, you need to have the SSD in a Thunderbolt enclosure - regardless if it's a SATA or an NVME SSD. Thunderbolt as a protocol transmits the TRIM command. When buying an USB enclosure and TRIM support is not specified on the manufacturer website, then TRIM will not be passed to SSD.


Samsung Shield T7 2tb as an example allegedly supports full S.M.A.R.T passthrough, along with TRIM command.


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Nov 14, 2024 4:55 PM in response to AlWeir

May I ask, what do you base that on?

According to these procedures, applied on a Pi 400,

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2020/enabling-trim-on-external-ssd-on-raspberry-pi

the Samsung SSD's parameters appear to support trim?

Although I did not complete the process yet.

Plus, we do see in Disk Utility First Aid, SSD#1 shows "trimming unused blocks", 5 lines above completion ...

Samsung Portable SSD T7 – Only seeing trim action on 1 of 3 similar SSDs

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