Many ways of storing information have been invented, but hard drives remain the most demanded of all. The old models use a mechanical method of data recording, while the new ones use the principle of flash memory. However, the new technology, with tangible advantages, has its drawbacks.
The user wants the computer to be able to store a lot of movies, music, books, work information. It should be available as quickly as possible for the person who wants to receive it. For this purpose, various variants of hard drives are constantly being developed. In mechanical models, the read speed was relatively low, an average of about 50-60 megabytes per second for reading / writing. In modern flash drives, it has grown to hundreds of megabytes. But still one big minus remains insurmountable.
How hard drives work
If you have never seen an ordinary mechanical hard drive from the inside, then you probably know how a classic turntable works. There is a rotating base where the record is placed. Then a needle is placed on the starting track and … music plays! A mechanical hard drive has a similar structure and principle of operation. There are “plates”, there are “needles”. Only instead of music, information is read and recorded. Over time, the surface of the plates can be damaged, which will affect the speed of work. And before that, you will not notice any visible drop in performance.
SSD drives are faster, quieter, and use less power, but are still not as durable as mechanical drives.
Flash memory or ssd drives have a completely different story. If you've ever disassembled a regular USB flash drive, you've seen microcircuits inside it. Such electronic boards, only more capacious, are located inside a modern drive. Information is recorded on them and then read out. The speed is several times higher. However, the weak point of sdd is the limited number of write cycles. Memory cells gradually wear out, electronics have to look for other places to record, and this is a waste of time. Modern flash drives have about 100,000 write cycles, while the latest models have tens of years of wear. And still, the user gradually begins to notice a drop in speed.
It is regrettable, but true - for all its advantages, flash memory still has quite large drawbacks. But over time, perhaps, users around the world will switch to this method of storing information.
Alternative
As an alternative storage method, you can use a hybrid hard drive. It has both a mechanical component and a flash memory.
If you are not satisfied with either mechanics or completely electronics, try an intermediate option - the golden mean.
Mechanics are used for direct storage of all useful information, and flash is responsible for the operation of the electronic filling (data bus, controller, etc.). In this case, a significant increase in productivity can be obtained in comparison with conventional mechanical devices.
