What to Look for in a Hard Drive
Fixed media or hard drive storage is a very vast and diverse market. Hard drives range from high capacity server array drives to the small microdrives about the size of a quarter. With all the variety of drives out there on the market, how does one go about choosing the right drive for their computer? Finding the right drive really comes down to knowing what you want in a drive. Is performance the driving factor for the computer? Is capacity all that matters? Or is it aesthetics? These are the three primary categories for examining any hard drive on the market. Hopefully this guide will help you determine which of these factors matter and how to look at them when purchasing your next hard drive. Performance Performance is the driving factor for most people’s hard drive selection. A slow hard drive directly impacts all of your computing tasks.
