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by James Koopmann on June 1, 2008
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Definition from Wiki: A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. An SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in any application. An SSD using SRAM or DRAM (instead of flash memory) is often called a RAM-drive.
Because SSDs are all memory, they are very expensive. SSDs will cost you around $3.50 per gigabyte compared to 38 pennies per gigabyte for your typical hard drive. So why is Seagate going down this route. Well, they understand that markets change. And while there may only be a handful of companies that NEED and can PAY for these gems, like all hardware, the pricing will go down. And if they get their foot in the door they might have a leg in before everyone else.
The SSDs being produced are for enterprise storage. All I can say is GO Commercial and GIMEONE!
Read the full article at Computerworld: Seagate plans SSD. It's a great read on some real down to earth reasoning behind SSDs and disk drives.
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