Hard Drive type 

 

There is different types of hard drives (for explanations, click the hyperlink)

• Internal

  • Size

    • 2.5

      • Type of drives are laptop and SSD drive

      • More expensive than 3.5

    • 3.5

      • Mainly used for Desktops and servers.

  • Connector

    • Sata

    • IDE (becoming obsolete)

    • SCSI

  • Cost

    •  2.5

      • Regular 2.5 drives are cheaper than SSD drives but SSD is faster

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    • 3.5

      • Cheaper than 2.5  drives

    • Cheaper than external

  • Storage

    • 3.5

      • Up to 6 terabytes (this limit is always changing and may be different by the time you are reading this)

    • 2.5 SSD

      • Up to 1 Terabyte (this limit is always changing and may be different by the time you are reading this

    • 2.5

    • Up to 6 Terabyte (this limit is always changing and may be different by the time you are reading this)

• External

  • Same as internal but the device is connected externally to the system

  • Connector

    • USB

  • IDE

    • Sata

    • SCSI

  • Cost

    • May be more expensive than internal

• Desktop

  • Usually uses internal drives mentioned above

  • However they can use external drives as well

• Laptop

  • Uses 2.5 size drives

  • Can use regular 2.5 hard drives or SSD drives.

  • Can use internal or external

  • Connectors

    • Sata

    • IDE (becoming obsolete)

  • Type drive

    • Regular laptop

    • SSD

  • Size

    • 2.5

  • Storage

    • Up to 1 Terabyte (this limit is always changing and may be different by the time you are reading this)

  • Cost

    • Costs more than 3.5

    • SSD is more expensive than regular 2.5

• USB

  • External connections

  • Can be used on Desktops, servers, laptops or anything that accepts USB and hard drives

  • Storage

    • Up to 6 Terabyte (this limit is always changing and may be different by the time you are reading this)

  • Cost

    • Can be more expensive then internal