Marcus Flynn is a storage systems engineer and technology writer who covers data storage architecture, flash and magnetic storage technology, and the economics of enterprise and consumer storage decisions. He has worked on both SSD firmware development and large-scale data centre storage systems and writes about storage trade-offs with a focus on practical decision-making.
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How Mechanical Hard Drives Still Compete With SSDs in 2026
Marcus Flynn
July 7, 2026
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Hardware & Devices
Why Mechanical Hard Drives Still Make Sense Alongside SSDs for Some Use Cases
Marcus Flynn
July 7, 2026