Is This the End of the Hard Drive?

With plenty of advantages, will the Solid State Drive usurp the traditional hard drive?

A replacement for your hard drive, an SSD will change the way you think about computing.

You know the drawbacks to traditional hard drives: they wear out. They lack durability. They're loud. They crash.

But a solid-state drive uses non-volatile flash memory with no moving parts, which makes them shock resistant. They are faster and quieter. They're more rugged and energy-efficient.

As SSD prices continue to fall, one has to wonder what the long-term future for hard drives holds, given the many advantages the SSD has over traditional mechanical hard drives.

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[Thesis]

After building my last PC for our studio, I'll never go back to mechanical HDD's. I recently made a complete switch-starting from an OS SSD and several 1tb 7, 200 rpm HDD's [for storage of Pro Tools sessions] to rebuilding every single high performance recording PC using ONLY SSD's [4per machine] and not only has every engineer and producer noticed a HUGE difference in speed but also in reliability [a HUGE plus when artists are paying 75$-150$/hr-saves $ in the long run!]

[Catmandude]

I love this analogy! Waiting on 2 OCZ Vertex and sata iii controller.

[JDonahue]

@WeretFilms Speaking of which, I bought a 750 GB hard drive a few years ago for about 300 bucks.

Today, I bought a 3 TB hard drive for 150 bucks.
So, the best thing right now is to develop a Hard drive/SSD hybrid. Because hard drives are so cheap, it's going to be at least another 10 years or so before these things become obsolete.

[haIston]

Crucial I will be glad to test one of these out if you want me to ;)

[basspoett]

It's 2020 and we're still using HDD

[darthvader]

There new engineering materials called carbon nitride coatings, aluminum oxynitride materials, and lanthanum stabilized-depleted uranium 238 hard drive platters. Carbon nitride coatings are harder than diamonds, aluminum oxynitride can replace mechanical components exposed to wear and tear and abrasion, and lanthanum stabilized depleted uranium 238 can store 500 to 1, 000 terabytes.
The new superhard steel coating that defeated even silicon carbide is cheaper and better.

[clevercrony]

I don't think there are enough specifications or explanations on this video to convince me at first glance. I have researched this subject enough to know that SSD's out perform even the VelociRaptor; though, I would like you as a company to treat the enthusiasts who want to buy your product as competent beings.

[newkie]

@WeretFilms Yeah I remember that, but even if the prices drop I need more space than speed now.

BTW I´m from Peru so I have to pay 12 to 25% more for the same hardware

[newkie]

With those prices, I don´t think so...

[YuuExussum]

The thing with ssd's and hdd's are simply this. a Ferrari vs. a bus. obviously you have alot more space in the bus but the Ferrari is a hell of alot faster. Tip : Don't buy high capacity ssd's just buy smaller sizes and put them into raid 0 for alot higher performance without costing any capacity ;D

[Dragon]

The only way you will see the end of HDD's is if you can make the SSD affordable, and large enough for everyone. a single SSD costs 300+ (for the good ones) for a 128Gig single drive when I can spend 250 for 4 320 gig HDD's for a raid 0 array and still get better performance on average then a single SSD.

Yes I do have a SSD in hand and yes I have tested both set ups and yes I was a reviewer at one time.

[zFSTz]

Well if you into gaming and browsing the internet SSD is the way to go. I got the 64GB and it works like a charm. Takes about 20 seconds to fully boot into windows. See and all I do is game and surf the net.

[footballtacklemen]

0:26 - 0:36 almost describes my sister

[AlexPanzerADT]

I will stick to regular hard drives for as long as they cost less and can store more than the SSD drives

[newkie]

@DFnDMonzteR From Crucial the cheapest: 64GB for $129.99

[tdog]

@tty1 I've had my hard drive for 5 years, and barely makes any noise...if it does, I don't need complete silence in my LAUNDRY room XD

[ImmoSci]

IMO, Ssd's will not be more viable than hdd's for years to come. Unless 1tb of SSD sells for under £100, they'll never take off on a large scale.

[wmw]

Even if SSD's cost One Dollar per gigabyte, they're still ten times the cost of HDD's

[CoindanceYT]

hmm $129.99 for 64 gigs of fast storage or $89.99 for 2 TBs of "average" storage... I pick 2 TB

If you want to make ssd's replace slandered hard drives then you have to drastically increase there storage capacity and drastically lower the price to get one. If there was a 2 TB SSD out there for under $200 then they would sell out in an hour think about the whole low price + good quality = HUGE amount of buyers

[jchambers]

I can buy a 1 TB hard drive for $70 And a 1 TB SSD cost $3, 050.00
I will take the hard drive.