SSD hard drives are novel mass storage devices for desktop computers, notebooks and hard drive recorders or similar devices that differ from conventional HDD hard drives in their design and operation and offer many advantages.
What are the distinctive features of SSD hard drives?
SSD stands for Solid State Drive or Solid State Disk. Solid state means that, unlike HDD hard drives, SSD hard drives do not consist of several movable or loose individual parts or components. Accordingly, SSD hard drives are more reminiscent of memory cards for camcorders or digital cameras than HDD hard drives in terms of structure and ultimately in terms of function.
What are the advantages of SSD hard drives?
A very decisive advantage of SSD hard drives compared to HDD hard drives is that they are far less susceptible to defects and can not wear as quickly thanks to the omission of moving individual parts. In addition, they are almost silent in operation. In addition, SSD hard drives consume much less power and therefore do not become as hot as HDD hard drives. In addition, SSD hard drives can be built much more compactly than HDD hard drives. Features that are of great advantage especially with regard to notebooks and so-called silent PCs without air cooling.
Regarding the size, it should be mentioned that SSD hard drives are at least currently still primarily produced in the common 2.5-inch format, so that they can also be used in older devices that were still designed for HDD hard drives by their installation shafts.
In the specialist trade, there are now also special built-in kits or built-in frames, with which SSD hard drives can be installed very easily and quickly in built-in shafts for large 3.5-inch HDD hard drives. For example, look at bei reichelt.deHere you will find, among other things, the new SSD memory from Samsung.
Another key advantage of SSD hard drives is that they can read and store data many times faster. Accordingly, with an SSD hard drive when used in computers and notebooks, there is also an impressive speed boost when installing and starting applications or the operating system.
Is it possible to run SSD and HDD hard drives in parallel?
If there are sufficient connections and installation shafts, SSD and HDD hard drives can be operated in parallel without any problems. With regard to desktop computers, it is even advisable to use a fast SSD hard drive for the operating system as well as the applications and at least a low-cost HDD hard drive for archiving data.