Ssd storage

Heyy i am not a laptop genius and my knowledge is also very bad in these things
I would really like to know what exactly is ssd storage and is it better than hdd. If yes than in what way?

 

An SSD storage solution is a storage device reliant on flash nand memory for storage, instead of high-density platters.
It's more expensive than a traditional HDD, but also blazing fast. Usually you would want to keep your most-used applications and operating system on the SSD for ultra-fast app load times and OS load as well as general application responsiveness, and use a traditional HDD exclusively for data storage (movies, music, archives, etc.).

 

SSD - Solid State Drive.
Trey are fast, consume less power, quiet (due to no mechanical parts), but still are more expensive than HDDs and depending on how you gonna use it, are less reliable, although some reports show that SSD failure rate is actually smaller than HHD.
HDDs are cheaper, and write and delete cycles don't affect their performance.
That would be a really quick peek. Obviously you don't need to go full HDD or SSD, you can use both, SSD for OS and HDD for data storage.

 

Think of an ssd like a memory stick which allows quick transfer of data while having no moving parts which means less noise will come from the computer. It also dramatically increases operational speeds on applications and OS. If you watch comparisons of computers on youtube that have ssd vs hd vs sshd you will notice their performance times differ significantly.

 

Another thing to mention besides the performance (as covered by the above posters) is that SSDs, due to their nature, are much more shock resistant than a HDD. So if you drop your notebook, you'll have a greater chance of the data on your drive surviving versus a HDD (will will likely have the platters break on impact, or the HDD head digging into the platters).

But yeah, a flashdrive-like device that's much, much faster than a HDD and is just as shock resistant (if more more) than a flashdrive. That's a pretty simple way to describe a SSD imo.

 

But then would the ssd be using more power or less?
Also what exactly is sshd then?

 

Most SSDs use less power than a regular HDD, though a few are slightly more power-hungry (I forget which). You should be able to look up those stats if you are on the market for one.

A SSHD is a hybrid drive, which means that the actual storage goes on HDD platters, but read/write operations are slightly sped up by a small SSD cache attached tot he drive (usually 8-16GB). You can't store anything to that cache yourself, but the SSHD firmware will learn your computing behavior and will try to improve performance for your most-used programs and data.

 

Simply put, intalling ssd on your pc is the best upgrade you can do aside from adding RAM if you dont have enuff. Current level of prices for ssd make them more berable than in the years past. 256GB is the current sweet spot for value at the moment I think, unless money is no object for you of course. I put in a crucial MX100 into my Latitude E6320 and it is now running much better than when I had been using hdd for two years prior.