Read the article titled, “Enterprise IT shops now choose SSD storage,” located here and at http://searchsolidstatestorage.techtarget.com/feature/Enterprise-IT-shops-now-choose-SSD-storage.

Use the Internet and Strayer Library to research the benefits and hazards to organizations that use solid-state drive (SSD) storage devices.  

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Examine the major benefits for an organization to use SSDs.
2. Analyze the major disadvantages and possible hazards that an organization should consider before adopting SSDs.
3. Recommend whether or not Delaware Health and Social Services and the Disabled American Veterans should seriously consider SSDs for their organizations. Provide a rationale for your response.
4. Determine whether SSDs are more or less difficult for computer forensics personnel to examine. Suggest whether or not an organization, such as Health and Social Services and the Disabled American Veterans, should consider the difficulty of computer forensic examinations when considering the purchase of SSDs. Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

Points: 130

Case Study 2: Solid State Drives

Criteria

Unacceptable
Below 70% F

Fair
70-79% C

Proficient
80-89% B

Exemplary
90-100% A

1. Examine the major benefits for an organization to use SSDs.
Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely examined the major benefits for an organization to use SSDs.

Partially examined the major benefits for an organization to use SSDs.

Satisfactorily examined the major benefits for an organization to use SSDs.

Thoroughly examined the major benefits for an organization to use SSDs.

2. Analyze the major disadvantages and possible hazards that an organization should consider before adopting SSDs.
Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the major disadvantages and possible hazards that an organization should consider before adopting SSDs.

Partially analyzed the major disadvantages and possible hazards that an organization should consider before adopting SSDs.

Satisfactorily analyzed the major disadvantages and possible hazards that an organization should consider before adopting SSDs.

Thoroughly analyzed the major disadvantages and possible hazards that an organization should consider before adopting SSDs.

3. Recommend whether or not Delaware Health and Social Services and the Disabled American Veterans should seriously consider SSDs for their organizations. Provide a rationale for your response.
Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely recommended whether or not Delaware Health and Social Services and the Disabled American Veterans should seriously consider SSDs for their organizations. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.

Partially recommended whether or not Delaware Health and Social Services and the Disabled American Veterans should seriously consider SSDs for their organizations. Partially provided a rationale for your response.

Satisfactorily recommended whether or not Delaware Health and Social Services and the Disabled American Veterans should seriously consider SSDs for their organizations. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.

Thoroughly recommended whether or not Delaware Health and Social Services and the Disabled American Veterans should seriously consider SSDs for their organizations. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.

4. Determine whether SSDs are more or less difficult for computer forensics personnel to examine. Suggest whether or not an organization, such as Health and Social Services and the Disabled American Veterans, should consider the difficulty of computer forensic examinations when considering the purchase of SSDs. Provide a rationale for your response.
Weight: 25%

Did not submit or incompletely determined whether SSDs are more or less difficult for computer forensics personnel to examine. Did not submit or incompletely suggested whether or not an organization, such as Health and Social Services and the Disabled American Veterans, should consider the difficulty of computer forensic examinations when considering the purchase of SSDs. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.

Partially determined whether SSDs are more or less difficult for computer forensics personnel to examine. Partially suggested whether or not an organization, such as Health and Social Services and the Disabled American Veterans, should consider the difficulty of computer forensic examinations when considering the purchase of SSDs. Partially provided a rationale for your response.

Satisfactorily determined whether SSDs are more or less difficult for computer forensics personnel to examine. Satisfactorily suggested whether or not an organization, such as Health and Social Services and the Disabled American Veterans, should consider the difficulty of computer forensic examinations when considering the purchase of SSDs. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.

Thoroughly determined whether SSDs are more or less difficult for computer forensics personnel to examine. Thoroughly suggested whether or not an organization, such as Health and Social Services and the Disabled American Veterans, should consider the difficulty of computer forensic examinations when considering the purchase of SSDs. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.

5. 4 references
Weight: 5%

No references provided.

Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
Weight: 10%

More than 6 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present