While magnetic hard drives have been the mainstay of storage for the better part of the modern computer’s history, there has been foreshadowing of the demise of using magnetic spinning platters to hold information. It was years ago that pundits said the hard disk drive would be phased out in favor of new solid state technology. The idea was simple; Remove the mechanical components from the computing experience and replace it with something that could be manufactured like a traditional electronic component.
The advantages touted were saving power, saving space, and having greater reliability along with a proper failure curve. The draw back to the SSD technology as it lives today is the storage space offered by the drives on the market as well as the cost. The latter problem is going away as manufacturers ramp up production and the former seems to still be slipping away as traditional magnetic storage reached the 2 Terabyte milestone just last month. Regardless, SSD technology is the future of computing. Traditional magnetic storage will most likely be relegated to high capacity backup instead of tape.
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