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While the ubiquitous SSD shares many features with the hard-disk drive, under the surface they are completely different.
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Ross Mohan
March 10, 2013 12:20
Lovely article as much for the excellent and comprehensive technical overview it provides, as for the 'wisdom' it offers in the final sections regarding HDD vs SSD and filesystem/application optimizations. A real gem!
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