KUALA LUMPUR: ACE-listed machine design company Genetec TECHNOLOGY [] Bhd still sees upside for the hard disk drive (HDD) industry, though it has been impacted by the solid-state drives (SDDs).
Genetec executive director and chairman Ronnie Ortscheid said on Thursday, Aug 18 the outlook for the HDD industry was not as bleak as put forward by some parties.
"Although people say the HDD industry had been lessened by solid-state drives (SDDs), I find the opposite true. Yes, SSDs are growing quickly but are still very expensive - three to 10 times more expensive. HDDs are still preferred."
Ortscheid also said that due to new technologies adding to data density, the life cycle of HDDs will be extended. "And also, we still back up our data on HDDs. You could say that SSDs drive the HDD industry."
SSDs can be used to replace traditional disks in storage arrays or in a server's internal disk bays. Most SSDs use NAND-based flash memory.
NAND flash is a memory chip that can effectively hold information even when the power of the device is off.
NAND is different from dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, which can hold information only when the device's power is on. NAND applications include USB Drives and memory cards.
Genetec executive director and chairman Ronnie Ortscheid said on Thursday, Aug 18 the outlook for the HDD industry was not as bleak as put forward by some parties.
"Although people say the HDD industry had been lessened by solid-state drives (SDDs), I find the opposite true. Yes, SSDs are growing quickly but are still very expensive - three to 10 times more expensive. HDDs are still preferred."
Ortscheid also said that due to new technologies adding to data density, the life cycle of HDDs will be extended. "And also, we still back up our data on HDDs. You could say that SSDs drive the HDD industry."
SSDs can be used to replace traditional disks in storage arrays or in a server's internal disk bays. Most SSDs use NAND-based flash memory.
NAND flash is a memory chip that can effectively hold information even when the power of the device is off.
NAND is different from dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, which can hold information only when the device's power is on. NAND applications include USB Drives and memory cards.
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