SSD

By Joe Gardiner Monday, 12th April 2010

A solid state drive is a storage drive that does not use disks, but solid state memory to store data. In order to use a SSD in replacement of a standard hard disk drive, a SSD will emulate a hard disk drive so most applications can use it.

The term “solid state” has been adopted due to SSD’s having no moving parts and to distinguish them from a hard disk drive that uses spinning discs. SSD’s are less fragile than HDD’s, are absolutely silent, suffer from no delays due to moving parts, and offer lower access time.

Until recently SSD’a have been too expensive for use in day to day computing for the home or standard business user, however as prices drop and availability increases SSD’s are starting to make great in roads on the HDD market.

Posted in Glossary | No Comments »