Solid State External Hard Drives, SSD’s, Are The Future of File Storage
The current hard drives that are in almost every computer, and used in almost every external hard drive, may soon go the route of the floppy disk and become extinct. That’s because they’re soon to be replaced with solid state drive
A solid state drive, also called an SSD, has no moving parts. Instead, an SSD stores data inside flash memory. Because of the lack of moving parts, the reliability of solid state drives is vastly superior to current hard drives. Compared to current hard drives, solid state drives are:
- More energy efficient because they have no moving parts.
- Much faster because they don’t have to “spin” to find data.
- More reliable because they don’t contain moving parts that are prone to breaking.
- Virtually silent because again, there are no moving parts.
Solid state drives aren’t really a new technology as they’ve been around pretty much since computers themselves. They used to be wildly expensive, and weren’t able to hold much data. But in recent years, things have changed. Solid state drives are still pricey compared to traditional hard drives, but their prices have been slashed dramatically. In 2008, an 80gb solid state drive cost about $1,200.00. Today, an 80gb solid state drive