CompTIA ITF+ FC0-U61 (V5) Practice Question

A solid state drive contains no moving parts and stores data on NAND flash memory, so it avoids the mechanical latency of spinning platters and moving read heads. This makes sequential and random read/write operations several times faster than even a high-RPM hard disk. Faster throughput and lower latency greatly benefit workloads such as video editing that move large files constantly. USB thumb drives and external mechanical disks are typically slower and can be limited by their external interfaces. Although a 7,200 RPM or 10,000 RPM HDD can offer high capacity at lower cost, it still cannot match SSD performance for speed-sensitive tasks.