What is the difference between SATA, SSD and HDD?
Solid State Drive – SSDs use no moving parts, which makes them much more reliable and faster (though they are also more expensive). They can be used with any operating system and file type. Previously, these drives were much smaller in capacity than hard disks, but that has been rectified over the past few years.
These drives have increased in size to 4tb, are fast enough to support applications for virtualization or streaming HD video, and remain quiet because they contain no moving parts inside. It is not unheard of to find a laptop or desktop computer manufactured today that does not come with an HDD as an option for hard drive storage. Instead it will likely either offer an SSD or a combo of traditional HDD + SSD.
