Introduction to Solid State Drives (SSDs)
Solid State Drives, also known as SSDs, are hard drives made up of a solid-state electronic chip array. They consist of control units and storage units (FLASH chips, DRAM chips). Although the interface and definition of SSDs are similar to those of ordinary hard drives, they have different application ranges. SSDs have a wider range of uses, including navigation devices, in-car systems, medical systems, military industries, and network terminals, among others. SSDs have various interface types, such as SFF-8639, SATA-2, PCI-E, and SATA-3.
Advantages of using SSD drives:
SSD drives use flash memory as the storage medium, so their read/write speeds are much faster than mechanical hard drives. SSDs do not have a read/write head, so there is no need for "seeking," and the time is greatly reduced to "0." When using SSD drives, we can feel their fast continuous write speed.
SSDs have strong shock resistance, as they do not use "disks" like traditional hard drives, where data is stored in the disk sector. Instead, SSDs use "flash memory particles" as the storage space, which are made up of multiple media. Therefore, we can see that SSDs do not have any mechanical components, so data is not lost in the event of a collision. Therefore, SSD drives have an excellent advantage in terms of "shock resistance."
SSDs do not have fans or motors internally, so they do not make any noise when starting up. Furthermore, because there are no moving parts inside, the amount of heat generated is low, so there is no possibility of machine failure. Of course, their heat dissipation rate is also very fast.
