What is the difference beween Flash storage and SSD?
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Basically they mean the same thing. SSD is a solid state drive, meaning no moving parts like a disk drive. Flash storage usually refers to a removable medium like a usb drive or an SD card. On websites I see them used interchangeably.
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SSD just means a hard disk that doesn't move. Flash is a type of memory that is very fast and doesn't require continuous power (non-volatile) SSDs used to use RAM, but now use Flash instead. In short, you shouldn't compare Flash to SSD just as you shouldn't compare batteries to lithium-ion. In both cases the latter is a type of the former.
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I tried a hybrid drive and it gave me similar performance to a SSD, 10 to 25% in initial load, no diference in between game load time and not much difference in start time. Basically not really worth it. The difference is like 36 sec vs 40 or 55 vs 102 sec.
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Pretty sure you won't really see a difference between any of them unless you know exactly what you're looking for i.e. an IT tech. SSD will vastly improve performance over a standard 5400/7200RPM HD. Good luck!
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Presuming you meant HDD the main difference that SSD has no moving parts, is faster, more energy efficient and more stable.
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I cannot talk technicalities here, but I know by personal experience it will be a very noticible difference. If you're strictly concerned with a boot time, SSD will be much faster.
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It really isn't bad for speed. I got this for my daughter for college. I'm not sure what the ssd is.
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The disk drive is Hybrid. Its in the middle of an SS drive and a standard drive. It uses SS memory as cache.
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Steffan is correct. Look up overprovisioning in google. Sandisk and Intel does this for you while companies like Samsung expect you to just partition the drive smaller or use their tool to shrink the drive if you install it using the Max size. You need to over provision an ssd for it to work properly, but some companies want you to see that 256GB on the box and think "Well, that is bigger than 240GB, Ill get the bigger one"
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Check the failure rates of 4 TB vs 1 TB/2 TB drives first. Also, what do you really plan to do? SSD is quick, definitely. You could get a 128 GB SSD for the OS and offload most program installs, profile info etc., onto a 2TB drive. You'd have speed + lots of storage. But if you want speed + storage redundancy you can try a RAID configuration.Honestly, SDD's are quick but I don't get bummed or impatient when my workstation--which uses conventional SATA drives--takes 10-12 seconds to boot (vs. 3-5 seconds for my ultrabook, which has SSD). I just don't. It's an issue of cost. Many conventional drives have large caches on them. The best compromise are the hybrid drives, such as the Seagate Momentus XT series. Check the failure rates of 4 TB vs 1 TB/2 TB drives first. Also, what do you really plan to do? SSD is quick, definitely. You could get a 128 GB SSD for the OS and offload most program installs, profile info etc., onto a 2TB drive. You'd have speed + lots of storage. But if you want speed + storage redundancy you can try a RAID configuration.Honestly, SDD's are quick but I don't get bummed or impatient when my workstation--which uses conventional SATA drives--takes 10-12 seconds to boot (vs. 3-5 seconds for my ultrabook, which has SSD). I just don't. It's an issue of cost. Many... » Read More Check the failure rates of 4 TB vs 1 TB/2 TB drives first. Also, what do you really plan to do? SSD is quick, definitely. You could get a 128 GB SSD for the OS and offload most program installs, profile info etc., onto a 2TB drive. You'd have speed + lots of storage. But if you want speed + storage redundancy you can try a RAID configuration.Honestly, SDD's are quick but I don't get bummed or impatient when my workstation--which uses conventional SATA drives--takes 10-12 seconds to boot (vs. 3-5 seconds for my ultrabook, which has SSD). I just don't. It's an issue of cost. Many conventional drives have large caches on them. The best compromise are the hybrid drives, such as the Seagate Momentus XT series. « Show Less
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I've never taken this apart, but the two drives would be separate. The specifications for the SSD are 24G,32G mSATA; but I'm not sure what this means (could mean two SSDs, or either size might be present in a given unit). The SSD seems to make booting and turning off the computer much faster; and programs open quickly.
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I agree with Eric. I always thought the SSD was just there as a disk cache and that appears to be the way it is treated. It works and it is fast. Take a look in Control Panel at "System" and then "Device Manager" and then "Disk Drives" and you will see the SSD listed separately from the hard disk drive. (I'm running Win 8.1)
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It has both - "SuperRAID" which is 3 128GB SSDs in a RAID 0 configuration and a 1TB 5400rpm harddrive (slow to save really big files). The SSD's work well and it is nice have the extra 1 TB of space if you need it. (Good place for movies, photo's, etc)
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go with samsung ssd or crucial ssd. with solid state hard drive there will be a very noticeable increase in speed. go with what you can afford, the 120g is a good price. the samsung 840 pro I got from amazon came with data transfer cd. One thing I researched was read and write speeds and it looks like the bigger the ssd capacity the faster it is. definitely ssd.
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I don't actually remember that distinction, but Windows has to be on the 500 GB regular HD or otherwise the SSD would be of no use or consequence. Speed is not the operative parameter with this computer.
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If they'r enot going to jump straight to 150GB or more, why even bother? Solid-state memory has already exceeded 32GB and has MUCH better performance attributes, including durability, energy/battery life, and flexibility.I will hold out for either a 1TB version or 64GB flash disk (or 32GB Flash disk + CF card expansion capability). And forget it if they try to ram some proprietary codec down my throat!
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The main advantages of an SSD (solid state disk) vs a regular hard drive are speed and durability as well as being quieter (silent). In general the speed is much improved so that starting your computer, loading applications, and even just moving around the file system will be noticeably faster and feel snappier. Second, because SSDs lack moving parts, they are more resistant to damage from dropping or physical shock. This makes them great for cell phones and laptops. The disadvantages of SSDs are that they cost significantly more per GB than a conventional hard disk. Also they typically are sold in smaller sizes (because of the increased cost as well as lower information density). Combined, this means that for the same price you can get improved speed, durability, and noise by moving to an SSD, but typically end up with significantly less space then you would have if you bought a regular hard drive of the same cost.
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Aha!!I was also getting confused by the discrepancy.40GB solid state drive. That explains it.