When considering hard drives, you have to first ask yourself the age-old question, solid-state drive (SSD) or hard disk drive (HDD)? In the modern era of computing, it’s a question that comes up a lot, and a lot of the answers come down to personal preference and business needs. Each has its own advantages that you need to carefully consider before making a purchase decision. Do you need a large amount of storage capacity for cheap and don’t have to account for the speed of information access? An HDD is exactly what you’re looking for. Do you need something that is fast, tough, and low energy but generally doesn’t store as much as other options? You want an SSD.
Once you’ve made that decision, it’s time to start considering the second most important factor in picking out a hard drive—do you need it to be external or internal?... These come with their own range of benefits and drawbacks. If you’re looking for cheaper pricing for more storage and faster speeds, then you’re looking to upgrade your internal hard drives. If you need mobility and security or are just looking to supplement the data storage of your devices, internal is the way to go.
With so many important decisions in front of you already, surely there can’t be more to think about? Unfortunately for you, that’s not the case. You also have to consider aspects like the RPM of the drive, its form factor, cache sizing, and so many more factors that you’d need a white paper per hard drive to really drill down into the specifics. The best way to determine what you need is to take a good, hard look at your current storage systems and identify where the shortcomings are. After, consider where your organization is heading and what kind of data storage requirements you’ll need in the next few years. To answer these questions and more, check out our Data Storage Buying Guide and discover the optimal data storage solution to fit your needs.
An easier alternative is to contact us. Our computer experts are a call or click away from sitting down with you to pinpoint exactly what you need. We'll help you figure out what your storage needs are both for now, and scaling into the future.