COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Detailed explanation-1: -ExaDrive specializes in extra high capacity 3.5-inch solid state drives. The biggest model it currently has is the EDDCT100 which retails for a staggering $40, 000 or $400 per TB, about ten times the price of the cheapest SSD on a per TB basis.

Detailed explanation-2: -How Expensive Is SSD vs. HDD? SSDs are more expensive than hard drives in terms of dollar per gigabyte. A 1TB internal 2.5-inch hard drive costs between $40 and $60, but as of this writing, the very cheapest SSDs of the same capacity and form factor start at around $80.

Detailed explanation-3: -In terms of price for each GB of storage, the SSD is much more costly than the HDD. SSD costs twice as much as HDDs for an identical storage capacity. This means that computers with solid-state drives will be much more expensive than those with traditional hard drives.

Detailed explanation-4: -SSDs use NAND flash chips, and those used in computers typically use higher quality chips, which are more expensive than those used in USB flash drives and SD cards.

Detailed explanation-5: -WD My Book Pro Professional RAID Storage 8TB Hard Drive. Lacie 5Big Thunderbolt 2 30TB Wired External Hard Drive. QNAP 12TB Wired External Hard Disk.