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Data Storage Media Considerations: Flash vs. Mechanical

There are a number of variables to consider when weighing the data storage advantages and disadvantages of non-volatile flash memory and mechanical hard disk drives. Although the differences are sometimes obvious, it is the vast disparity between the two and the stable similarities bridging them together that keep this battle interesting. Hardware manufacturers continue to mold new mediums that carry bits, while software experts overcome the limitations that keep each data storage media type from gaining market dominance.

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