ssd vs hdd infographic

HDD SSDVS

Explained for Consumers

UNDERSTANDING

GENERALLY 10,000 OR 15,000 RPM SAS DRIVES

ACCESSIBILITY

Virtually SSDsdisplay no access time

SSDs deliver0.1 ms

HDDs deliver5.5 – 8.0 ms

RANDOM PERFORMANCE

SSDs are considered15 times faster than HDDs

SSDs produce

6000 io/s

HDDs manageto produce

400 io/s

RELIABILITY

SSDs are 10 times morereliable than HDDS

SSDs failure rateis less than

HDDs failure rateis more than

2% 0.5%

ENERGY SAVING ABILITY

SSDs consumptionrate is between

HDDs consumptionrate is between

6–15watts

2–5watts

Around 100 watts aresaved on large servers

PROCESSOR/CPU POWER

For other operations, you willget an extra 6% of Processor power

HDDs averageI/O wait is

1%

SSDs averageI/O wait is

7%

INPUT & OUTPUT REQUESTING TIME

SSDs take20 ms

For I/O Request Time

HDDs take400-500 ms

For I/O Request Time

SSDs are capable to providemuch faster data access

BACKUP RATE

SSDs provide 3-5 timesfaster backups for data

HDDs backup time20-24 Hours

SSDs backup time6 Hours

PRICE DIFFERENCE

HDD prices are way toocheaper than SSD!

SSDsHDDs

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