{"id":3342,"date":"2015-03-18T05:09:54","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T05:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/blog\/?p=3342"},"modified":"2025-01-27T04:48:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T04:48:05","slug":"15-reasons-to-choose-ssd-drives-over-hdd-drives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/blog\/15-reasons-to-choose-ssd-drives-over-hdd-drives\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Reasons To Choose SSD Drives Over HDD Drives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ssd-vs-hdd.jpg\" rel=\"SSD Solid State Drives\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3456 size-full\" src=\"\" alt=\"SSD Solid State Drives\" width=\"457\" height=\"438\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ssd-vs-hdd.jpg\"><\/a><\/p><h2><b>Solid State Drives (SSD)<\/b><\/h2><p>What are the two ways in which you can grow revenue from your website? Driving <b>more visitors to your website<\/b> and <b>boosting your conversion rates<\/b>, <i>right?<\/i><\/p><p>To drive more visitors, it is very important to <b>rank your website in the Top Search results<\/b>. To rank your website in the top search results, major search engines like Google, are now considering <b>website speed as an important factor for ranking<\/b>. &nbsp;According to the latest research, SSD drives are playing an important role in speeding up your website.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/dedicated-servers\/ssd-dedicated-server\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Solid-State Drives (SSDs)<\/a> are non-mechanical data storage devices, which consists of NAND flash mounted on circuit boards rather than hardware. Unlike HDD drives, SSD drives utilize popular form of flash memory <b>NAND<\/b> to provide <b>fast access to information<\/b>. NAND is a non-volatile memory with electrical eraser and re-programming capabilities.<\/p><p>The flash memory utilized by Solid State Drives is similar to that used by thumb drives, except the speed and type of memory, which differs considerably between them. The better<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2404258,00.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" class=\"ext-link wpel-icon-right\"> speed and reliability<i class=\"wpel-icon fa fa-external-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a> of SSD flash memory makes it more expensive while making it more suitable for your sensitive data.<\/p><p><b>Since there are no moving parts<\/b>, SSD drives are silent and they never disturb your computing experience unlike whirring Hard Disc Drives. SSD drives are energy-efficient storage devices. They require very little power to operate, which results into significantly less heat output by the systems.<\/p><h2><b>Hard Disk Drives (HDD)<\/b><\/h2><p>Unlike SSD drives, HDD Drives use rotating<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehacker.com.au\/2014\/02\/the-complete-guide-to-solid-state-drives-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" class=\"ext-link wpel-icon-right\"> magnetized platters<i class=\"wpel-icon fa fa-external-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a> to collect data. When your computer attempts to access information, the read\/write head physically moves over magnetic platters to read or write data. This process can take considerably longer time than readily available SSD data. HDD drives can only access the data faster when it is closer to the read write heads, while all parts of the SSD drives can be accessed at once with equal speed.<\/p><p>Whether you are looking to upgrade your existing system or buy a new PC, you cannot afford to avoid the striking features of SSD drives. Following are the 15 reasons to choose SSD Drives over HDD Drives.<\/p><div class=\"table-responsive\">\n<table class=\"table ach-table-span table-bordered\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background: #e4f1ff;\">\n<td style=\"border-right: 1px solid #dddddd; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; \">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Factors<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; width: 250px;\">\n<h3><b>SSD<br>\n(Solid State Drive)<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; width: 260px;\">\n<h3><b>HDD<br>\n(Hard Disk Drive)<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dddddd; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Power<br>\nConsumption<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Power consumption is Less.<br>\n(<strong>approx. 2 &ndash; 3 watts<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Boosts battery backup to 30+ minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Power consumption is High.<br>\n(<strong>approx. 6 &ndash; 7 watts<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Your laptop battery may drain soon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dddddd; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Durability<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: 1px solid #dddddd; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">More likely to keep your data safe even in worst cases like;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You drop your laptop bag OR<br>\nCPU unit has fallen down.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In read\/write operation, head fly over the platters rapidly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hence, abrupt power off or sudden power outage can cause severe damage.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dddddd; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h5><b>Price<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;\">Very <strong>Expensive<\/strong>.<br>\nApprox. <strong>$0.10\/ 1 GB<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Very <strong>Cheap<\/strong>.<br>\nApprox. <strong>$0.06\/ 1 GB<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dddddd; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Size<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SSD uses <strong>NAND<\/strong> flash memory,<br>\nIt will continue to shrink as time goes on.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">HDD uses <strong>Platters<\/strong>, they cannot be manufactured smaller beyond certain limit.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dddddd; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Maximum &amp;<br>\nCommon Capacity<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>4 TB SSD<\/strong> units are available lately, but still rare and expensive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>SSD Units with <strong>500 GB for Notebooks<\/strong> and <strong>1TB for Desktop<\/strong> are available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For Notebooks<\/strong>, HDD Units with <strong>500GB to 2TB<\/strong> are available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For Desktops<\/strong>, HDD Units with <strong>6TB<\/strong> are available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dddddd; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Operating System<br>\nBoot Time<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>8-12 seconds<\/strong> of average<br>\nOS boot-up time.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>25-40 seconds<\/strong> of average<br>\nOS boot-up time.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dddddd; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Lastingness<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SSDs&nbsp;<strong>wear out over time<\/strong> because each cell in a flash memory has limited number of read\/write cycles.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">HDDs&nbsp;<strong>eventually wear out<\/strong> from constant use as well.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dddddd; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h5>Noise<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;\">There are no rotating\/mechanical parts, SSD&nbsp;<strong>makes no noise<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">Due to mechanical parts, quietest HDD&nbsp;<strong>emits a bit of noise<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dddddd; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h5>Weight<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;\">SSDs weigh significantly less<br>\napprox. only <strong>77g<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">HDDs weigh considerably more approx. <strong>752.5g<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dddddd; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h5>Effect of<br>\nMagnetism<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;\">Magnetism cannot affect the SSD Units.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">Sometimes magnetism can erase the data.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dddddd; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h5>Defragmentation<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;\">Required.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">Not Required.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #dddddd; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dddddd; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h5>Vibration<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;\">Since there are no rotating parts, <strong>No Vibration<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">Sometimes, HDD <strong>emits little Vibration<\/strong> due to rotating platters.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dddddd; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #dddddd; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h5>File<br>\nOpening Speed<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;\">Upto 30% faster than HDD.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">Slower than SSD.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;\">\n<h5><b>Heat<br>\nProduced<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;\">Lower power draw and no moving parts so <strong>Little Heat<\/strong> is produced.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;\">Due to moving parts and higher power draw, HDD produce <strong>More Heat<\/strong> than an SSD.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;\">\n<h5><b>Copy\/ Write<br>\nSpeed<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;\">Ranges between<br>\n<strong>200 MB\/s<\/strong> to <strong>500 MB\/s<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Ranges between<br>\n<strong>50 MB\/s<\/strong> to <strong>120 MB\/s<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><div class=\"extra-top-space\"><\/div><h2><strong>SSD vs. HDD Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2><p>While studying the above comparison factors, SSD gets <strong>13<\/strong> and HDD gets <strong>2<\/strong>. SSD is clear winner here; but again it all depends upon the individual requirements.&nbsp;Undoubtedly, the comparison favors the SSD drives but if you cannot utilize SSD drive features; they are useless for you.<\/p><p>If you are an individual who needs lots of storage and don&rsquo;t much care about how fast a computer boots up &ndash; Hard Disk drive (HDD) is perfect choice for you. On a contrary, if you are performance freak who needs blazing fast bootup times &ndash; SSD is the only choice for you.<\/p><p>SSD Drives are an attractive storage option with some great qualities, which make them the perfect choice for businesses seeking to improve speed and efficiency of their operations. While upgrading the enterprise storage options, business owners must measure budgetary concerns against the benefits of SSD Drives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solid State Drives (SSD)What are the two ways in which you can grow revenue from your website? Driving more visitors to your website and boosting your conversion rates, right?To drive more visitors, it is very important to rank your website in the Top Search results. 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