It is basically an HDD with a NAND chip integrated into it. The faster SSD acts as a cache for the data stored on the slower mass storage that is the HDD.

For the same cost, you can usually get an HDD that offers much high storage capacity as compared to an SSD. So isn’t more storage capacity better? Well, let’s try and answer that question.

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A HDD is more prone to impact damage (from being dropped) as it contains moving parts which can be damaged. A SSD is less affected by impacts, however they can still fail. Each time a SSD’s storage ...

And of course, if you're looking for a bulk storage solution, HDDs are still way bigger at the top end (WD recently unpacked a 22TB HDD) versus consumer SSDs and more cost effective (per gigabyte).

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