How to place a SSD disk correctly

[novetan]

Hi,

Quite a stupid question as I'm a noob.

When transferring data fr a SSD to a computer or vice versa, I'm right to say its not necessary to put the SSD flat on the table unlike HDD disk where there is a spinning platter. For SSD you can just any how hang it?

 

[rin67630]

Naturally. You don't either have to put a HDD flat on the table.

 

[DeltaMac]

I have a somewhat slippery desktop, so I like to place an SSD, (or anything that I might have attached to some Mac that I am working on) on an anti-skid pad, so it doesn't drift around while I am using it. Not for any technical issue, but SSDs (particularly the various NVME enclosures that I have) don't weigh much, and I simply want them to stay where I put them.
But, no, an SSD does not care about physical position, upside-down has no meaning with something with no moving parts.
I wouldn't place an HDD upside down, but modern hard drives don't care much either - you don't have to run them precisely flat.
But, I wouldn't turn an HDD over while it is running - the movement i think would cause a bit of coriolis effect, which could affect the disk in some way.

 

[novetan]

Ok Tks guys

 

[Basic75]

The only thing to keep an eye on is heat. Fast SSDs can produce a lot of it without being engineered well enough to always dissipate enough. You want to make sure that the part acting as heat sink is well ventilated.

 

[novetan]

The only thing to keep an eye on is heat. Fast SSDs can produce a lot of it without being engineered well enough to always dissipate enough. You want to make sure that the part acting as heat sink is well ventilated.

Tks lots

 

[rin67630]

The only thing to keep an eye on is heat. Fast SSDs can produce a lot of it without being engineered well enough to always dissipate enough. You want to make sure that the part acting as heat sink is well ventilated.

I strap mines on a big heatsink. And it gets warm too. Heat accelerates wear of SSD cells quite a lot.

 

[novetan]

I strap mines on a big heatsink. And it gets warm too. Heat accelerates wear of SSD cells quite a lot.
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You hv quite a weird looking disk. Lol

 

[rin67630]

You hv quite a weird looking disk. Lol

I just prefer a weird looking disk to a dead disk.