HDD ( Hard Disk Drive) vs SSDs (Solid State Drive) ..... Better Option ???

Hard disk drive (HDD) is now a day best option for storing the Data. HDD are mostly used for storing the data. You will rarely find the SSDs in any computer today.

SSDs (Solid State Drives)  are the latest invention by the Engineers. The advanced technology of the SSD is SSHD (Solid State Hybrid Drive).

These are the some bases for the comparison of the SSDs & HDDs

1. Architecture

SSDs   : In the Architecture of the SSDs basically there are Semiconductor flash chips also called as   Integrated circuit assembly. The data is stored in the that Semiconductor Flash Chips instead a revolving disk.

HDDs  : HDDs consists of a head and a revolving disk. The data is written by the head on the revolving disk

2. Speed

HDDs    : As HDDs are the mechanical Drive the flow of data depends on the rpm of the disk. But if we compare with the New latest SSDs the speed of HDDs is very low.

SSDs      : As SSDs technology uses electronic interfaces the speed of the SSDs is very very fast as compared to HDD. The Speed is almost 6 times faster than the older HDDs.


3. Data Loss

HDDs    : In this the data loss is the major problem. After multiple overwriting and as the HDD gets older the risk of the Disk getting Corrupted increases. The normal estimated life span of the HDDs is basically around 5 Years.
The other important thing is that if the HDD fell from the hand or being beaten hard there is Risk of the Disk getting Corrupt.

SSDs    : SSDs have overcome all the limitations of the HDDs. SSDs will never get Corrupted due to multiple overwriting. The life span of the SSDs are almost infinite. The Data Loss Risk id Minimum in the SSDs

4. Storage Capacity

HDDs    : The Storage Capacity of the HDDs are basically the maximum. The HDDs are available in the TBs, HBs ,ZBs . They are also used in the Servers for storing the Huge amount of Data.

SDDs    : The Storage Capacity of the SSDs is very low as Compared to HDDs. They are basically available upto certain terabytes in the Market only, due to the high cost of the silicon chips.

5. Storage Type

HDDs    : The Data is Written in the sequential manner in the HDDs so it needs DISK DEFRAGMENTATION in order to give optimum performance. So that the scattered data can be arranged in the proper manner.

SSDs      : There is no sequential writing of the Data so there is no need of DEFRAGMENTATION in SSDs.

6.  Price

HDDs   : The price of the mechanical hard drives are low as the mechanism is not so costly.

SSDs    :  The price of the Solid State Drive is very high as there are silicon chips present in it and the cost of the silicon chips is very high.

7. Performance

The performance of the PC consisting a SSD is very much higher than the PC having a HDD.

So I think while assembling a PC You must go for SSD instead of a HDD for the best performance.

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