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Hi together,

does anybody know a good article on this?

I want to figure out, which way to store data will have the smallest footprint on my akku and i am very unsure. Only interest is energy, speed is not my concern.

Thoughts:
* Disks spin down and need low energy then
* SSD's always need some energy to "fresh up"
* Disks have mechanical parts that need lots of energy IF used

Is it possible, that a good actual harddisk in an office usage scenario can have less consumption than an ssd?
Remarkably?

Does anyone have a profound article or similar about that examination task?

Best regards
Florian

SSD but must be a new model such as the Samsung 840 Pro. Older SSDs consume MORE power than mechanical drives.

An external HDD that is NOT plugged in to anything will consume nothing. Plug it in only when needed. Getting the "green" 5400 rpm drives will also help. I have two Hitachi external HDD that goes to sleep after 5 min and stays asleep until I call for it.

+1 for the 840 series. I think I saw the SSD comparison on Tom's Hardware. I do not recall the exact numbers but the 840 had a fraction of the power draw that the others had.
I currently run an intel 330 series and there is zero seat of the pants difference in battery life over my old WD 640gb.