The hard drive market is moving to the edge of the precipice due to the popularity of solid-state drives

Trendfocus analytics company reported that deliveries of hard drives in the second quarter fell by 15.4% compared to the previous quarter.

Commentators have long exaggerated the immediate threat to the hard drive market posed by solid-state drives. But organizations that need to store large amounts of data can still benefit. The fact is that  despite the slowness of hard drives, the cost of their capacity remains lower. Hard drives are still relatively common in non-premium consumer devices as well.

However, the use of hard drives is undoubtedly decreasing as SSDs are becoming faster, larger and cheaper over time. 

While analysts believe that it is best for businesses to maintain a balanced storage stack consisting of tape drives, hard drives, and solid-state drives, which should cover all cases of use in the most economical way, the hard drive will only be in an increasingly dangerous position.