It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/winston_w_wolf on 2024-07-25 08:46:21.

From time to time, I transfer files from my laptop's SSD to an external HDD (I have several external drives).

I notice that if the files have been in the SSD for a long time then the writing speed often gets excruciatingly slow (like under 2Mb/s). It happens with all the external HDDs that I have so I think the issue (if any) is with the SSD.

Now, if the files have only been on SSD recently then the SSD->HDD transfer speed almost always goes to 60-80MB/s (as expected with a USB 3).

Is it a known feature (problem) with SSD drives by design (meaning because of how SSD drives work)?

Thanks.