SSD vs Flash Storage (what's the difference?)

[@RPRosen-ki2fk]

GREAT job explaining the info in a short time. Helped even a non tech savvy guy like me, get an understanding how this stuff works. The ONLY shortcoming was, no mention of how eMMC fits into all this.

[@ThomasKelly.]

Great video, it confirmed my answer. About this Mac on Macs that come with Flash Storage says “Flash Storage”. When I upgrade a Mac with an SSD, the Mac reports “Solid State SATA Drive”.

[@billysbains]

older macs have upgradable storage new ones have fixed in ram and ssds ur correct apple uses sata ssds but they also use m.2 ssd drives up to 2016 macbook pro m.2 are smller thinner but come in sata aswell but most sata drives are 2.5 inch ssds mainly used in laptops windows or apple devices.. hope thats helps

[@trololoev]

i hear everything except "what's the difference between ssd and flash storage. Right now you can buy flash storage and portable SSD with same capacity, same speed and same price, so WHAT THE DIFFERENCE?

[@SwimmingFinland]

I am having the same issue on what should I buy to use as one of my backup methods. SSD and Flash stick with roughly the same speed and capacity costs the same. I've heard that Flash sticks do heat more but I already accounted that in my speed calculations. What did you end up getting @trololoev and why? Enlighten me please...

[@trololoev]

@@SwimmingFinland in other video i heard that ssd has significantly bigger resource of work, so ssd is better. But if you didn't use it for long time it can lose information, so use ssd as backup that you made constantly, not as backup that you dig in the backyard for years, for that hdd is better. But if you only compare ssd and flash: they are use same memory principal, but ssd has much more advanced memory controller and cooling control, both help to make bigger longevity. Also ssd faster. Flash usually more compact and cheaper. Both need to be turn on from time to time, so memory controller make it shenanigans for memory longevity. So if short - if you has money and not care about size then ssd is better. Good ssd box important for speed and cooling of ssd.

[@mdahsenmirza2536]

You can upgrade an apple flash storage. Provided that you are a microchip specialist

[@ep6606]

Hey I’m also Eric.

[@elixexo4011]

I'm making a RAID array for a p-2-p client, I found this very insightful. A flash drive array sounds wacky but I think it would be worthwhile especially since the client will take up very little information.

[@fatihkan2601]

I don’t really get it. Which one is better for mass storing while both of them use usb connection

[@ginagrey5287]

You’re a Godsend! I was sooo lost! Thank you!

[@florin1290]

GREAT VIDEO, THANK YOU! For music production which its better?

[@ujjwalbansal1070]

Good explanation

[@vishalsapakale8409]

Thank you.

[@arthurabdias337]

Cellphones uses SSD or Flashstore? I'm confused

[@blitz8229]

Cellphones have a solid-state drive. That's the broader term. Because most SSDs consist of Flash Memory, one could say that your phone saves data in its flash, even when turning it off SSD - name of a storage device without moving parts used in an application (smartphone, laptop, PC) Flash Memory - specific type of storage Technology based on floating gate Transistors small differences result in bigger confusion :D

[@needforspeedgaming7148]

It is the same thing

[@coolmanu55]

are u referring to M2 SSD as flash storage. ...if its only for flash storage, why are people installing os on it and using it instead of SSD ?

[@billysbains]

m.2 is just the type like u get m.2 sata or nmves or u can have ssd that is not m.2 but 2.5inch for latops or even sd cards for phones is flash storage u can get upto about 1tb now

[@laz305]

When it comes to power consumption does the ssd have any advantage?

[@renelawu4126]

i think so

[@nayhampereira500]

Yes definitely. SSD needs only half the power that a normal harddisk drive takes. You'll notice a difference in your battery consumption too

[@mihirshetye4624]

Somewhat.

[@devviz]

so what is the best-use for what purpose?

[@bestshippingcenter]

Thank You, you are a Lifesaver !!

[@PhilVerryChannel]

I would like to archive 25 year old video files as .mp4's, these would not be accessed again unless other backup files had been corrupted. Suggestions? Would a thumbdrive be fine since its not being accessed unless one or two times and perhaps never?

[@aviationaj]

I would use a hard drive for that because they are the one of the most reliable storage mediums and also offer large capacity for less money than an ssd

[@Scotts.Christianity.Teaching]

I don't use SSDs. I like more reliable HDDs. And I like flash drives; I did read my drive would last 10 years. I started using it 2018; so I got 7 years left.

[@vhfgamer]

Heh. HDD more reliable? Hehehehehe yeah right.

[@Triestini]

Nice channel. Nicely presented. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@delaney5878]

I want to buy a laptop, which storage type is better? SSD or FLASH? I just want it for a couple of years I’m not looking for a long term one

[@billysbains]

u can get ones with m.2 sata drives samsung are best but u can also get 2.5 inch ssd samsung are good and these are cheaper if u dont need to move large files quickly go for 2.5 sata samsung drive if u need really hevy use go for m.2 sata samsung but they cost more there are few other types but these two main ones hope that helps

[@magidavid]

Just wanted to drop a friendly note and point out some errors in your video. The oldest type of storage is punch cards, then came tape, and finally HDD. HDD's can actually last decades as I have some that are easily 20 to 30 years old and still have data on them. My oldest HDD from circa 1988 has completely failed, so HDD can last a very long time when properly handled. And lastly, NAND is pronounced NAND not N A N D, and is named after the NAND gate in computer logic. There is also NOR storage, named after the NOR gate in computer logic.

[@EastMontana1]

So, basically apple is lying to us telling that their new computer has a SSD drive while they are all flash drives. That is terrible 😞!

[@mafia6330]

Great stuff

[@aishwaryaradhakrishnan4780]

Awesome !!

[@teamdxgaming]

eMMC is a Flash Storage?

[@joseluisgomezdecena]

Yeah but what makes flash drives, et al, deteriorate ? You missed that

[@thilanliyanage8201]

Valuable info....

[@digitalsmoke4694]

Sooo which one is the best?

[@billysbains]

m.2s ssd are faster and better downloading large files quickly but 2.5inch ssds are cheaper so there is no best depends wot needs are ... i recomend samsung m.2 ssd and 2.5nch drives great and come with 5yrs guarantee

[@nelsonmandela9800]

thanks for the video! great informations... However, I almost got all of it (in my brain), towards the end my HDD brain can't keep up with SSD and flash ssd, so my ADHD kicked in. What I'm looking for, i guess is, can USB Thumb Flash be as reliable long term storage as external SSD? any advice is appreciated.. thanks

[@indicatoker420]

No. Flash is not that reliable and also easily lost. For long long term storage, hdd is still better than ssd. Ssd are best for speed and to boot the OS and programs from.

[@billysbains]

apple does use upgradable ssds drives upto about 2017 they moved to soldered in drives pls get facts right stop confusing people and do ur research first

[@xxhamedxx01]

2:26 He said "ON MOSTLY" not all of them

[@neilmiles5492]

I think you mean silicon, not silicone.

[@ProBuyersGuides]

Tomato Potato right?

[@cine-ish]

It's pronounce silicone and spelt silicone. Source: I'm English. It's my fucking language and you're wrong.

[@ThomasKelly.]

Silicon is a naturally occurring chemical element, whereas silicone is a synthetic substance. Silicon is the 14th element on the periodic table. It's a metalloid, meaning it has properties of both metals and nonmetals, and is the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust, after oxygen. Silicone, by contrast, is a synthetic polymer made up of silicon, oxygen and other elements, most typically carbon and hydrogen. Silicone is generally a liquid or a flexible, rubberlike plastic, and has a number of useful properties, such as low toxicity and high heat resistance. It also provides good electrical insulation. Source: LiveScience. E.g. - Silicon is used for integrated circuits, silicone is used for weather sealant. I noticed the word silicone in the video quickly and looked for the previous obligatory comment.

[@ThomasKelly.]

Great video, it confirmed my answer. About this Mac on Macs that come with Flash Storage says “Flash Storage”. When I upgrade a Mac with an SSD, the Mac reports “Solid State SATA Drive”.

[@billgates3699]

‼️🤣 solid state does NOT mean “no moving parts”. Who keeps perpetuating this crap out of nowhere? Solid state is and always was the descriptor used for devices which don’t use VACUUM STATE switches, aka vacuum tubes. Vacuum and solid are just the different mediums used in the two technologies. Dear god the ignorance 🤡 There are solid state radios from the 1950s. Did they need moving parts for non-solid state radios? 🤣

[@cosmotect]

Chill out, nobody cares

[@billgates3699]

@@cosmotectthank you for proving my point that our society is happy to collapse and degenerate to fill Idiocracy levels. Look at yourself, poor little thing. Happily marching to your own demise because TikTok and sportsball is more important 🤡

[@piotrb4240]

Solid-state meant taking advantage of electric (and/or optical) properties of semiconductors. So no etched mechanical nano-cantilevers which I imagine could also be used one day 😂. But for the average Joe it's way more useful to know it has no moving parts = you don't have to treat it like an egg. It's one of the big upsides of SSDs as well as thumb drives (apart from speed).

[@billgates3699]

@@piotrb4240 bottom line: solid-state refers to the STATE of the conductor. It is in contrast to Vacuum-state. This has been known since transistors were a thing. Bugboys just have to impart their ignorance.

[@piotrb4240]

@@billgates3699 There's no such thing as "vacuum state" 😮, unless you mean the historical HiFi equipment brand... You have 3 states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, plus many add a 4th - plasma. Vacuum is the absence of matter, so it makes no sense whatsoever as a state. If you mean electronics and computers based on controlling current flow surrounded by high vacuum, that's "vacuum tube computers" and "vacuum tube electronics", although those became obsolete about 70 years ago... so I doubt anybody would knowingly refer to it nowadays. And vacuum is not a conductor ("state of conductor"), it is quite the opposite, it's an almost-perfect isolator.

[@corninyourpoop]

And here I am trying to figure out what storage solution is best for me due to having filled my phone full of memes and now I have to move them to a separate storage. I've had bad experiences with micro sd in the past, they seem to randomly become corrupted. :(

[@s1lverhawk]

Same problem here! What did you end up getting?

[@miao7002]

@@s1lverhawk since she didn't reply 😅 I was wondering what YOU ended up getting?

[@unitedastronomer]

@@miao7002 since they didn't reply 😅 I was wondering what you ended up getting?

[@miao7002]

@@unitedastronomer hahah I shall be the one who finally replies 👼🏼! So I ended up getting the ssd since it's faster and can store more since it has higher capacity. Keep in mind I'm sooo bad with tech so idk if I even made the right choice 😅 but that's what I went with & why ☺️

[@slendydie1267]

@@miao7002 It usually has a higher life span than a Hard Disk too. Also how much you can store is more driven by price than higher capacity. Yes while the SSD is more dense it just means they can make it smaller not that you can store more. So if you are low on physical space SSD makes more sense. 1TB SSD = 1TB HDD. What it comes down to is price now. It is faster for sure tho. That said SSD can have a higher capacity. If they made it the size of an HDD it will have a lot more storage.