The Architecture of Computer Hardware, Systems Software, and Networking
Solid State Drives
Garfield Richards
CIS 512 The Architecture of Computer Hardware, Systems Software & Networking
Instructor: Dr. Romy Lu
11/17/2014
Solid State Drives
Major Benefits
The technology behind SSDs is also known as flash memory. It’s becoming more mainstream as prices continue to drop and more organizations are beginning to adopt it in their daily operations. Some of the major benefits that organization are taking into considering in the adoption of SSDs include performance, durability, form factor, and efficiency.
In terms of performance, SSDs have much better speed. An operating system that resides on a traditional HDD can take one minute or longer to boot. Compare that to fifteen seconds on a SSD. When it comes to running applications, handling large workloads or working with complex data sets, again flash storage devices can handle those tasks more quickly.
Flash storage or SSDs are more durable than its counterpart. This is because they have no moving internal parts. HDDs rely on spinning disks. In the event of a disaster, data is retained and is secure. Whereas if a HDD crashed, there is very little chance of successfully recovering the data from it.
Form factor is important because SSDs can be used in both laptop and desktop computers. The standard size for an SSD is 2.5 inches. For desktop computers, there’s no need of changing out the motherboard because SSDs use the standard SATA port found on nearly all of today’s motherboards.
SSDs are very efficient. This stems from they use less resources than competing storage systems, they consume less power which in means reduced energy cost and less expenditure of funds toward energy costs (Delgado, 2014).
Major Disadvantages and Possible Hazards before Adopting SSDs. The first disadvantage of adopting flash technology is cost. SSD’s are still relatively expensive. For example, the cost of a 1 terabyte internal drive is roughly $75. A 1 terabyte SSD cost $600. That’s
Garfield Richards
CIS 512 The Architecture of Computer Hardware, Systems Software & Networking
Instructor: Dr. Romy Lu
11/17/2014
Solid State Drives
Major Benefits
The technology behind SSDs is also known as flash memory. It’s becoming more mainstream as prices continue to drop and more organizations are beginning to adopt it in their daily operations. Some of the major benefits that organization are taking into considering in the adoption of SSDs include performance, durability, form factor, and efficiency.
In terms of performance, SSDs have much better speed. An operating system that resides on a traditional HDD can take one minute or longer to boot. Compare that to fifteen seconds on a SSD. When it comes to running applications, handling large workloads or working with complex data sets, again flash storage devices can handle those tasks more quickly.
Flash storage or SSDs are more durable than its counterpart. This is because they have no moving internal parts. HDDs rely on spinning disks. In the event of a disaster, data is retained and is secure. Whereas if a HDD crashed, there is very little chance of successfully recovering the data from it.
Form factor is important because SSDs can be used in both laptop and desktop computers. The standard size for an SSD is 2.5 inches. For desktop computers, there’s no need of changing out the motherboard because SSDs use the standard SATA port found on nearly all of today’s motherboards.
SSDs are very efficient. This stems from they use less resources than competing storage systems, they consume less power which in means reduced energy cost and less expenditure of funds toward energy costs (Delgado, 2014).
Major Disadvantages and Possible Hazards before Adopting SSDs. The first disadvantage of adopting flash technology is cost. SSD’s are still relatively expensive. For example, the cost of a 1 terabyte internal drive is roughly $75. A 1 terabyte SSD cost $600. That’s
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