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While SSD firmware isn’t always easy to update, the Samsung Magician tool makes the task about as easy as it gets. Operating in-house also means Samsung can update their firmware faster and more often, in turn providing users with a reliable and stable experience. The results on the software side are evident Samsung’s Magician software package is one of the most robust in the industry, providing customers with an easy way to manage and optimize their SSD. Samsung recommends a 10% over provisioning rate so on a 250GB SSD drive you should have 23.85GB of OP space reserved.Samsung has an inherent advantage in the SSD space in that they own their own NAND and controller and build the SSD firmware and software in-house. Over Provisioning is leaving raw unpartitioned space at the end of the drive so that the SSD controller can remap data from worn memory cells on the SSD hard drive. This simple task is often overlooked, ignored, or plain misunderstood. The most important thing you can do to increase the reliability and performance of an SSD is to over provision some space at the end of the drive. Help – Display the command line options.Command History – Display history of the previously executed commands.Disk Info – Display current overprovisioning value, current set max value, state of write cache etc.SCT Cache Status – Get SCT write cache state of the disk.Write Cache – Enable/disable the write cache of the Samsung SSD.SET MAX – Set the maximum address of the Samsung SSD to change its user capacity.S.M.A.R.T – Display smart information and log temperature of the connected Samsung SSD drive, and estimate the lifetime of Samsung SSD.