Toshiba THNSNJ HG6 256 GB

[W1zzard]

Toshiba's new HG6 Series is an incremental update over the HG5d Series and claims the performance throne in our new real-life SSD benchmarking suite. Toshiba's latest model is also cheaper than the predecessor, which even makes it an excellent choice for value-oriented buyers.

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[Solid State Brain]

...No overprovisioning...

There still is overprovisioning. It's 256-238.5 GiB = 17.5 GiB worth of storage space that you don't get access to.

 

[Maban]

There still is overprovisioning. It's 256-238.5 GiB = 17.5 GiB worth of storage space that you don't get access to.

This has always bothered me as well. SandForce whitepapers define OP as including the ~7.37% "inherent overprovisioning."

 

[Jack1n]

I wouldent get it simply because it only has 2 year warranty,and the speed differences are negligible between SSD's these days.

 

[W1zzard]

There still is overprovisioning. It's 256-238.5 GiB = 17.5 GiB worth of storage space that you don't get access to.

Like everybody else, for the context of our reviews we define overprovisioning as an extra space set aside

 

[Solid State Brain]

If everybody (who?) else gets it wrong, why should you too, despite knowing what overprovisioning technically is and what its purpose is?

 

[AsRock]

Nice review, Thanks.

I wouldent get it simply because it only has 2 year warranty,and the speed differences are negligible between SSD's these days.

Is a reason not to get it as a lot of SSD's have 3 years.

 

[Maban]

Like everybody else, for the context of our reviews we define overprovisioning as an extra space set aside

That's exactly what it is though. The drive physically has 256 GiB which is then overprovisioned ~7.37% to ~238 GiB. Anandtech's Kristian Vättö as well as HardOCP's Hugh Briggs use this definition of overprovisioning in their reviews.

 

[Wark0]

Hello,

This Toshiba SSD doesn't use Toshiba adaptive SLC emulation (first 50% LBAs are written using the fastest page off the MLC) ?

Thanks

 

[Maban]

Hello,

This Toshiba SSD doesn't use Toshiba adaptive SLC emulation (first 50% LBAs are written using the fastest page off the MLC) ?

Thanks

It does support Adaptive Size SLC Write Cache technology.

 

[Wark0]

If yes it will be interesting to have information on the impact on write performance when none of this fastest page are available (write speed of 200 ? 100 MB /s ?) and on the write related to this technology (first wrote to "slc" page, then move it)

 

[fullinfusion]

This has always bothered me as well. SandForce whitepapers define OP as including the ~7.37% "inherent overprovisioning."

Man this is getting old real fast, not you but the comments about overprovisioning... am I wrong but dont all drives have un-accessed space!?
... everyone bitches about space that is needed for the ssd to do its thing properly.

Ya know ppl... theres always Corsair

 

[Stickmansam]

Is the controller a rebranded Marvell?
afaik, that was what the old "Toshiba" controller was