Does ZFS Damage SSDs? Testing Write Amplification

I often see questions asked if ZFS causes write amplification or kills SSDs. In this video I look into this and see if its true, and what ZFS settings can be used to change the amount of write amplification ZFS does.

I tried to get as much correct as I could about how ZFS works under the hood, but ZFS can be complex under the hood. I also tried to balance explaining enough so viewers can get the why of some of the settings with keeping a reasonable video length, but let me know if there are changes you would like to see.

Scripts and Raw data are on my Github here: https://github.com/ElectronicsWizardry/ZFSWriteAmplificationTests

00:00 Intro
00:34 Testing methodology and initial test
02:09 ZFS RAID effects
04:26 ZFS Sync
07:56 ZFS ashift
11:25 One final test
13:03 Conclusion