[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] SSD + flash drive + 2TB

[Jon Dreyer]

SSD and Flash are synonyms. They use solid state technology 
with no (macroscopic) moving parts, where HDDs are hard disk 
drives, which use spinning disks with moving heads. A quick 
google search 
<https://www.google.com/search?q=ssd+vs+hdd+reliability> 
about reliability was inconclusive. I do know that SSDs are 
limited in how many writes they can take, but otherwise 
don't know about comparative reliability.

I have an external 4TB SSD 
<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QV3XGCP/>, and it 
works fine. I also have an internal 2TB SSD on my failing 
2018 macbook pro (but the SSD isn't what's failing). (I need 
lots of storage thanks to my propensity to do multitrack 
recordings of my concerts!)

Personally, I choose SSDs for anything portable (because 
HDDs are sensitive to impact), for speed (heads don't need 
to move), and for anything that will be physically near me 
(because SSDs are silent). My basement server has HDDs 
because they are much cheaper and higher capacity and I 
don't care much about the noise or speed.

-- 
Jon "Breaking Up Is What Hard Drives Do?" Dreyer
Math tutor/Computer science tutor 
<http://www.passionatelycurious.com>
www.passionatelycurious.com <http://www.passionatelycurious.com>


On 2021-11-19 14:06, Denise wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Is there such a thing as a 2TB SSD flash drive?
>
> I read that SSD is better than HDD and flash drives are 
> more reliable than external hard drives.
>
> so wouldn’t a flash SSD be the best thing to store things 
> on? (other than the pc)
>
> I think this is an example of what they mean?
>
> Am I correct? or am I mixing up terms?
>
> thanks,
>
> denise
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/attachments/20211119/f16e22f9/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.png
Type: image/png
Size: 124846 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/attachments/20211119/f16e22f9/attachment.png>