Is it time to move to SSDs?

Solid state drives (SSDs) are the future of current hard drives. If you were asked to list one component that typically fails in your computer; you would probably say HDD! This is mainly because of the mechanical nature of the drive, which involves rotating platters and moving read-write heads. NAND memory has surfaced to become the alternative storage solutions for such mechanical drives.

The solid state drives on the other hand, uses no moving mechanical parts but rely on non-volatile NAND flash memory. Since, there's no actuator arm that moves read-write head to seek data on the hard drive platter, they are faster in reading and writing data. In every aspect, a SSD is same as a conventional hard disk drive having same interface and software model, but what differs in them is the significantly higher speeds, lesser power consumption and silent operations.

Because of such enhanced performance gain over traditional hard drives, SSDs have not only become the latest fad amongst technology enthusiasts, but is also positioning itself for organizational use including servers.

The only thing that negates these performance gains and other benefits of solid state drives over conventional hard drives is the price factor. In this article, we compare the advantages and flaws of SSDs against HDDs, and see if upgrading your system with SSDs by replacing HDDs is viable.

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