SSDs have quickly replaced hard drives as the go-to storage in most computers, and that's because SSDs have evolved far more ...

But what is it that can allow an average SSD to reach 3GBps write speeds natively, and max out a 10Gbps USB port using an enclosure, while decent "USB flash drives" manage only 100MBps, maybe 200?

SSD vs HDD is a hot contest right now, and hybrid drives offer solid middle ground. As of now, picking between SSDs, HDDs, and SSHDs is quite tricky.

We explain what NAS hard drive and SSD are & the differences between them. We also explain which is better for you in which scenario and why.

I briefly considered pitting the SSD against a higher-end, 10,000-rpm Western Digital VelociRaptor as the test unit for the hard disk drive or using the 2.5-in Intel X25-E for the solid-state ...

USB drives don't gain weight: the more data they store, the slightly lighter they become, due to electrons being removed ...

But even as lucky as I was—I’d been getting sent SSDs for testing—I still never used an SSD as my large backup storage drive option. I still only trusted hard drives with my precious family ...

That may sound astonishingly slow, but compared to SATA HDDs, the difference is still like night and day—a 7,200 RPM hard-disk drive tops out around 160MB per second.

While the M.2 form factor is by far the most common — and can still be used with SATA drives — using it with a PCIe SSD will restrict bandwidth to x4 lanes and hinder overall performance.