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I have an SSD in system and a RAID 0 array with SSD caching turned on(Intel SRT or Intel Smart Response Tech.).
Should i defrag it?

Also have a problems with windows defragmentator. It detects my raid array as SSD and was not able to defrag it. So should i use 3-rd party tools like UltraDefrag?

Ruslan F.
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What is the sense in defragging an SSD? Using up write cycles - that is actually a good reason. Having too much money to burn and this wanting to prematurely age your SSD drives.

The gain of defrag is less head movment on a hard disc. SSD do not have this issue to start with - a defrag makes very little sense for them. This is why the windows defragmenter does not defrag it. It is not "an issue with it", it is common sense stopping the user from doing something that is only damaging without benefit.

TomTom
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No, do not defrag an SSD or SSD cache. If you want to defrag your harddrives, it might not be possible using a RAID array as Windows doesn't know what's where on the actual drives. It can only see the logical drive, which means that unless the FakeRAID driver from Intel is smart enough to understand defragmentation at all, you will get zero benefits from trying to defrag your array, even if you temporarily disable the SSD cache.

John Keates
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