Let s begin with solid-state hard drives. Let s take a look at an analogy for a second. If information can be accessed without having to move around to find it, then obviously data access time is greatly reduced. The above diagram illustrates the massive speed advantage that a solid-state hard drive has over a conventional hard drive. You can expect performance gains that are 100 to 200 times that of today s fastest Ultra2 SCSI hard drives, and those drives are already screaming fast.
Speed is only one of the advantages of using solid-state technology.
Another advantage is reliability and durability. With solid-states drives you don t have to worry about vibration and shock. Because there are no moving components, vibrations won t affect the device. The following picture illustrates the basic components of a typical solid-state hard drive. This type of hard drive is made up entirely of RAM modules.