-E startup option and SSDs
The following articles explore the advantages and disadvantages of the -E start-up option:

Focus on Fast Track : Understanding the –E Startup Parameter

Summary:

-E changes the proportional fill algorithm. Rather than moving on to the next file after a single extent allocation, the movement occurs after 64 extents have been allocated.

These extent allocations do not need to come from a single table. For example, when loading two tables in parallel with –E enabled, both tables consume the 64 extents in the single file before moving on to the next file. -E does not alter the fact that SQL Server allocates one extent at a time.

The purpose of –E is to enable large-I/O read-ahead.  If two tables that share the same files/filegroup are loaded in parallel then the advantage of –E is removed. The extents will be fragmented resulting in small-I/O read-ahead.

-E was originally put into the code to allow index builds and rebuilds to use 256KB of each file before round-robining, and so get better sequential I/O for large data warehouses. It was originally a 'benchmark special' and had very little testing, it was only documented because it was used during benchmarks (and so had to be documented).

Microsoft White Paper (pdf)

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