Anonymoususer852: Ribbon or flexible flat cables does not strictly apply to SATA. "Hardcard" existed as a means of attaching storage to an expansion slot. Backplanes could also be used instead of cables.

2025-08-15T18:41:41Z

Ribbon or flexible flat cables does not strictly apply to SATA. "Hardcard" existed as a means of attaching storage to an expansion slot. Backplanes could also be used instead of cables.

Anonymoususer852: Created page. This article (at this current state) very much sounds like a sales pitch...

2025-08-15T16:56:01Z

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'''Solid-State Drive''' (SSD) is a type of flash memory that is commonly used to replace [[hard disk]] due to various design constraints that makes it a suitable storage medium. Constraints such as (but are not limited to):
* Performance factor, SSD has no moving parts enabling faster seek times, higher data throughput,<ref>[[wikipedia:Solid-state drive#Attributes|Attributes section - Solid-state drive - Wikipedia]]</ref>
* Power consumption, conventional hard disks draws a significant amount of power at start-up, in order to spin the platters for instance, SSD does not have these components, thereby eliminating the initial power draw requirements,
* Noise considerations, unlike hard disks, SSD does not make any noise when it is in operation,
* Lower-profile integrations, many modern thin laptops often come with SSD, without a casing unlike hard disk, therefore making it as thick as a few credit cards stacked on top of each other,
* Exposure to external vibration are unacceptable, where hard disks being mechanical, cannot tolerate excessive external vibrations while it is in operation, as this may cause the head inside the drive to jump on the rotating platter, or forcing itself to park,
* Durability, especially against cheaper [[thumb drive|USB flash drive]] which typically has less finite write/erase cycles,
* Weight impact, SSD is also available as disk-on-a-module (DOM),<ref>[[wikipedia:Solid-state drive#Disk-on-a-module_form_factors|Disk-on-a-module form factors section - Solid-state drive - Wikipedia]]</ref> whereas it is almost impossible to find an equivalent hard disk counterpart,
* Submerged in non-conductive liquid. In applications where air cooling is not allowed, it is possible to submerge SSD in non-conductive liquid, most or older hard disks have a breather hole, which when submerged, adds friction to the spinning platter and increases wear to the motor for instance.

However, SSD is not without its flaws, such as:
* Cost, especially the "$/GB" comparison against conventional hard disks at significant storage capacities,<ref>[https://www.techradar.com/best/large-hard-drives-and-ssds Largest SSDs and hard drives of 2025 | TechRadar]</ref>
* Longevity of data where it is exposed to environments that performs excessive write/erase cycles in some extreme cases,
* Inability to "hear" if SSD is dying/dead, mechanical hard disks generally makes audible noises when running normally, and in a quiet environment, it is possible for a trained ear to tell if a hard disk is dying or dead.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230312172102/https://datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php Hard drive sounds - datacent.com - Internet Archive copy]</ref> SSD does not make any noises regardless if it is functioning normally or dead,
* "Percussive maintenance"<ref>[https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/sticking-hdd-heads.1241933/ Sticking HDD heads | Vintage Computer Federation Forums]</ref> is not possible with SSD, as they do not physically have a head like conventional hard disks, which may become "unstuck" if one physically hits the device with their bare hands. Data recovery such as the old "freezer trick"<ref>[https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/112050/recovering-data-from-a-damaged-hard-drive-the-freezer-trick Recovering data from a damaged hard-drive: the "freezer trick" - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange]</ref> also does not apply to SSD.

SSD, unlike hard disk, can come with various connectors, such as SATA, NVMe, PCIe,<ref>[[wikipedia:solid-state_drive|Solid-state drive on Wikipedia]]</ref> whereas hard disk was designed generally to use ribbon cables (e.g. Parallel ATA/Serial ATA).<ref>[[wikipedia:hard disk drive interface|Hard disk drive interface on Wikipedia]]</ref>

== Links ==
* [[wikipedia:Solid-state drive|Solid-state drive on Wikipedia]]

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 * "Percussive maintenance"<ref>[https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/sticking-hdd-heads.1241933/ Sticking HDD heads | Vintage Computer Federation Forums]</ref> is not possible with SSD, as they do not physically have a head like conventional hard disks, which may become "unstuck" if one physically hits the device with their bare hands. Data recovery such as the old "freezer trick"<ref>[https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/112050/recovering-data-from-a-damaged-hard-drive-the-freezer-trick Recovering data from a damaged hard-drive: the "freezer trick" - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange]</ref> also does not apply to SSD.
-SSD, unlike hard disk, can come with various connectors, such as SATA, NVMe, PCIe,<ref>[[wikipedia:solid-state_drive|Solid-state drive on Wikipedia]]</ref> whereas hard disk was designed generally to use ribbon cables (e.g. Parallel ATA/Serial ATA).<ref>[[wikipedia:hard disk drive interface|Hard disk drive interface on Wikipedia]]</ref>
+SSD, unlike hard disk, can come with various connectors, such as SATA, NVMe, PCIe,<ref>[[wikipedia:solid-state_drive|Solid-state drive on Wikipedia]]</ref> whereas hard disk was designed generally to use the likes of [[wikipedia:ribbon cable|(ribbon/]][[wikipedia:flexible flat cable|flexible flat)]] cables (e.g. Parallel ATA/Serial ATA),<ref>[[wikipedia:hard disk drive interface|Hard disk drive interface on Wikipedia]]</ref> with the exception of [[wikipedia:hardcard|hardcard]] for instance, which used ISA slot, and had capacities ranging in megabytes (MB), or using [[wikipedia:Backplane#Backplanes_in_storage|backplane(s)]].
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Anonymoususer852: Ribbon or flexible flat cables does not strictly apply to SATA. "Hardcard" existed as a means of attaching storage to an expansion slot. Backplanes could also be used instead of cables.

Anonymoususer852: Created page. This article (at this current state) very much sounds like a sales pitch...