Running head: SOLID-STATE DRIVE STORAGE DEVICES1 Solid-State Drive Storage Devices Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Title Date
SOLID-STATE DRIVE STORAGE DEVICES2 Introduction Solid-State Drive (SSD) Storage Device is a storage device whose memory of storing data is made of integrated circuit assemblies; it does not have a physical a physical disk. This device can use the form factors of hard drives such as SATA and SAS which end up simplifying the invention on the computer (Hsieh, Lin, & Yang 2014). The software has undergone a lot of developments in the recent past including the introduction of new form factors like M.2 and NVM Express to address some specific requirements in the device. One of the main differences between the Solid-State Drive (SSD) Storage Devices and other conventional electromechanical drives is the fact that this new drive does not contain any moving mechanical components. MA, FENG, and LI (2014) explain that this drive is more resistant to physical shock as compared to other storage drives like the electromechanical drives. Solid-State Drive (SSD) Storage Devices run silently have quicker access time and exhibits lower latency as compared to other storage drives that carry out the same function (Sungmin, Hyeyoung, & Sungroh 2016). It should be noted that even though the Solid-State Drive (SSD) Storage Devices are characterized with a lot of advantages over other storage drives, the drive remains expensive while the prices of other competitors keep reducing with time. Advantages of Solid-state drive i.It is Faster Solid-State Drive (SSD) Storage Devices do not have mechanical components, and this reason makes them faster as compared to other storage devices such as hard drive disks (Yang, Jin, Yue, & Yang 2016). The absence of mechanical parts makes fragmentation of data in Solid-State Drive (SSD) Storage Devices negligible not like in hard drive disks making the entire process
SOLID-STATE DRIVE STORAGE DEVICES3 faster and efficient. This level of efficiency results into faster boot time enhanced bandwidth used in enterprise computing and faster files transfer from one device to another. Analysts argue that Solid-State Drive (SSD) Storage Devices are 25 to 100 times quicker and efficient as compared to other storage drives like hard disk drives ii.Low power consumption: It should be noted that other storage drives like the hard disk drive contain and rely on some moving mechanical components like magnet-coated metal platter used in reading and writing data. Some of these mechanical parts move and rotate in the process hence increased power consumption. On the other hand, Solid-State Drive (SSD) Storage Devices have no mechanical components that have to move for the drives to work hence low power consumption. The low power consumption by Solid-State Drive (SSD) Storage Devices makes them more advantageous as compared to hard disk drives (MA, FENG, & LI 2014). This reason makes Solid-State Drive (SSD) Storage Devices useful in computers and consumer electronic devices where the amount of energy used is a concern. Additionally, the low power consumption makes devices that use Solid-State Drive (SSD) Storage Devices less vulnerable to breakage due to overheating. iii.Durable From the earlier illustrations, it is clear that other storage drives such as the hard disk drives contain some mechanical components that make them heavy hence make them susceptible to break down due to the device dropping and shudders (Sungmin, Hyeyoung, & Sungroh 2016). These events lead to data loss therefore reduced lifetime. Additionally, the moving components
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