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SSD vs. HDD Speeds: What’s the Difference?

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To determine the actual difference in speed, you’ll need to download benchmarking tools. Drive manufacturers, such as Crucial, Samsung, Intel, and SanDisk (Western Digital), provide benchmarking tools that enable you to test drive speeds. How to Benchmark SSD vs. HDD. Storage devices are benchmarked using read and write actions.

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IOPS vs. Throughput: Why Both Matter

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It’s a standard performance benchmark for solid-state drives, hard drives, flash drives, and network attached storage (NAS) devices. For active applications, SSDs are commonly used since they offer faster IOPS. Why Some Customers Have All Writes: 1% In some mirrored environments, you might have the mirrored storage for failover only.

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