However, the degraded write speed can be fully restored. Update: the new (Feb 2010) OWC Mercury Extreme SSD does not appear to suffer from the internal fragmentation issues common with other SSDs.įrequent write activity on a solid state drive (SSD) can severely degrade its write speed, and the effect is cumulative with ongoing use. Updated - Send Feedback Related: diglloydTools, hard drive, SSD, storage