How an SSD hard drive works

The hard drives SSD (Solid State Disk), which have been popularized in large part by its inclusion in Macbook Air models, have the advantage that in a small physical space can store a much greater amount of data than a disk hard traditional or mechanical.

The great disadvantage is its cost, but presumably with the passage of time will begin to fall in price. To know all its pros and cons, in .com we explain how an SSD hard drive works .

Steps to follow:

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Unlike mechanical hard drives, they do not rotate, they store information in tiny cells, as if they were a locker. This facilitates that the reading of the SSD discs is much faster than that of the mechanics - who need to turn to access the data - which causes, in practice, the computer to turn on and off instantly, that the programs they open quickly and, in short, the operation of the equipment in general is very fast.

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Now, we quote the first disadvantage. SSD hard drives are spent, that is, they have a "limited number" of read and write operations, so when they reach this amount they stop working. Entrecomillo "limited number" because, in reality, that maximum number of operations that admit is so broad that it is practically impossible to reach it.

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In terms of maintenance, it is not necessary to defragment the SSD hard drive to gain space, since with this operation it must be done with some frequency in the mechanical hard drives to reorder the data, in the SSD it is not required by the own nature of the device, which already has these bits in place.

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Although SSD hard drives are mostly used in ultrabooks, due to the little physical space they need, they are also sold as external hard drives.

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When it comes to moving with our computer, the SSD hard disk does not present any problem, since lacking a rotating mechanism, it does not run the risk of being damaged, something that computers with mechanical hard drives do have.