{"id":3802,"date":"2017-01-06T04:07:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T09:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=3802"},"modified":"2017-01-06T04:07:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T09:07:08","slug":"understanding-ssd-vs-hdd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/understanding-ssd-vs-hdd\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the SSD vs HDD Storage Options Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we will be discussing the what you need to be aware of the SSD vs HDD. We will give a brief guide about when it is best to use one over the other. But first, we need to give a brief explanation of what they mean.<\/p>\n

An SSD or Solid State drive and HDD or Hard Disk Drives are pieces of physical hardware <\/a>that a computer uses to store long-term data, software programs, and the operating system files. This is distinct from computer memory also known as RAM or Random Access Memory.<\/p>\n

1. What are Differences Between SSD vs HDD?<\/h2>\n

The SSD is a storage <\/a>medium that contains no moving parts. The information on the disk is stored in microchips. The HDD<\/a>, on the other hand, stores its information on a storage disk which used a mechanical arm to move back and forth in order to read and write out the information.<\/p>\n

The technology behind the SSD<\/a> is far more expensive than the HDD. A dollar per Gigabyte comparison cost of the two finds that SSDs cost approximately 16x more than the HDD counterparts.<\/p>\n

2. What Benefits are There For SSD vs HDD?<\/h2>\n

By the nature of how they operate, SSDs can be upwards of 100 times faster than HDDs. They have almost instantaneous data access. This allows devices with SSDs to boot up much faster and transfer files in and out much faster. Overall they present a much better user experience than the HDDs.<\/p>\n

Because of the moving parts found in an HDD, which is the movable arm and the spinning storage platters, HDDs are more sensitive to shocks. Therefore for mobile devices<\/a> like mobile phones and tablets and notebooks as well as in-car devices and more, SSDs would be the preferred storage medium.<\/p>\n

Still, on the moving parts, all things with moving parts suffer from wear and tear and therefore eventually HDDs will eventually fail. It’s just a matter of time. SSDs have an almost indefinite read count and do not suffer much from that as long as the disks are kept reasonably cool. However, SSDs have a much shorter lifespan where the drive is subjected to an extremely high amount of writes.<\/p>\n

SSDs are more power efficient than HDDs. They are therefore ideal for devices which run on battery power in one form or another allowing for extended battery life of those devices.<\/p>\n

When it comes to active use in terms of reads and writes if little pieces of data, SSD here is the clear winner. This is essential for day-to-day computing where you are working on your computer doing routine tasks like writing a proposal, while your browser is downloading email, chat notifications are coming in, Twitter and Facebook are abuzz etc.<\/p>\n

Through this, all your device is constantly reading and writing little bits of data and the efficiency of SSDs comes to an advantage here.<\/p>\n

When it comes to raw storage, you get more out HDDs which tend to be very reliable these days and much cheaper. They are ideal for offline storage options in a cloud or off-site solutions. They do very well in situations where you just need to dump large amounts of data periodically.<\/p>\n

With that said. The question always arises…<\/p>\n

3. Which Should I Buy? SDD vs HDD?<\/h2>\n

This in many cases is comparing apples to oranges. Even though they both have the same basic role in devices.<\/p>\n