Samsung SSD Rapid Mode 0 On or Off?

Pejole2165 · 05 Nov 2019

I think the thing you need to be aware of with the Rapid Mode is that it uses system RAM to cache read/ write operations, on a very stable system this is fine, but should there be a sudden loss of power or for example a system crash (lockup) where a hard restart is needed you could loose a lot of data or even end up with an unbootable system. So on a system used for critical data I would turn rapid mode off for data safety. Similar system to Windows quick removal or performance setting for USB drives.
And of course always have a current backup and system image.

fdegrove · 10 Nov 2019

Hi,

Josey Wales said:

I totally removed Samsung Magician 6.0. It is always on line and since I removed it Firefox is faster. Windows 10 can trim your SSD as good as Magician.

Just for info: Samsung Magician uses Windows trim module to trim an ssd.
Never noticed it being a resource hog but I may investigate that later.

Cheers,

pietcorus2 · 11 Nov 2019

The hardware of Samsung ( SSDs ) is very good , reliable and useable for many years .
The software ( Magician ) that comes with it , is pure bloated crap , it decreases your speed in many ways................

robkay · 19 Apr 2020

Hey, for anyone else looking for info on Rapid Mode, as I was, this link is to a Samsung pdf which explains Rapid Mode in detail:
https://cdn-reichelt.de/documents/da...75EXXXB_DB.pdf