SSD vs Hard Disk Drives

http://www.lockergnome.com/hardware/2011/08/17/ssd-vs-hdd/

Solid-state drives (SSD) are becoming more affordable and are replacing hard disk drives (also known as spindle, HDD, or platter-driven) as the primary storage medium in many portable devices. But, are these drives really a better choice for desktop users? How do they really compare to hard disk drives?

In this video, LockerGnome's Brandon Wirtz and Chris Pirillo discuss the advantages and disadvantages between SSD and HDD when used as the primary drive in computers.

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[TehTreeLion]

I accidentally dropped my computer off the Empire State building once.

[N02505]

These video's are amazing, learned more from you 2 in a week, ten I did in a year at school. :P

[bryanneeley]

@TehTreeLion by computer of course you mean nagging girlfriend

[TheMHazell]

@TehTreeLion How bad was the damage?

[Marce11ouw]

What about recovering data from raw metal vs ssd recovery with parity failures? Will I be better off one day when a stand infront of my pc with the harddrive failed or with an ssd that has failed and proved to be not responding.hehe

[AndrewDeLong]

@VICARI0S Lol. SSD's are still finicky as all hell, only have a three year warranty (as opposed to a 5 year warranty on any decent HDD like a VR Drive), and offer minimal storage for the money they cost.

Whereas a SSD can lose all its data with a mere shock to your system, a HDD will not.

SSD's might be relevant in another 5 years, but as of right now, they are still pathetically underwhelming in terms of durability and cost effectiveness.

Get YOUR facts straight.

[VICARI0S]

@AndrewDeLong SSD's are going to replace mechanical drives. And they will come down in price. You can bitch at how HDD's are superior to SSD's all day but in the end there is NO comparison between the two. Not to mention you can CACHE a 1 TB HDD with SSD-close speeds. HDD's are just for those who have no money and don't care about speed. HDD's are the bottlenecks in today's computers. Get your facts straight.

[quangluu96]

SSD owns, but as long as HDD is still alive, SSD price will remain high

[goonyali]

help me please :( i need text version of this speech. I'm turkish. required for my english lesson...

[StoutNerd]

@TehTreeLion SOOOO... YOU KEELED MY DOG! /points

[AndrewDeLong]

@TheCharrigan Yes, I do actually. It's just that, I'm not that picky about 10ms, and know how to get the best out of my money. Again, SSD's are a lazy, and cost-ineffective way of solving a simple problem.

It's not to mention their limited overall usage.

And if I really wanted to ramp out the speed, I'd RAID-0 (or even RAID 10) some 15K rpm Cheetahs or Ultra Stars.

In either case, I could do with 2-4 HDD's, with what 1 moderately sized SSD could do.

[AndrewDeLong]

@TheCharrigan Ah, my bad. 10ms. That's about what? The time it takes to snap a finger? In the end I'd still have ridiculously fast read/write times, comparatively massive storage, and enough money to visit Starbucks and buy an overpriced coffee.

Or I could RAID-5 four f3 Spinpoints, and decrease my latency even further, gain MORE storage, and spend even less money.

And in either case, I'd have more writes.

SSD's are just the lazy man's way of configuring a system.