Hello fellow hoarders,
Please could someone help me with this: I have a 2TB SanDisk SSD and a 5TB Seagate HDD. Both full of data (both almost filled up). When plugged into my laptop (MacBook Pro 2017, 16GB RAM, 4 USB-C ports) the access time to the data significantly varies: while for both disks the root is readily available the moment you click the disk icon and open the drive, for the SSD drive it takes a while (sometimes rather long while, I'd say) to show the contents of a folder, while for the HDD it takes no time at all. This surprises me greatly, for what I used to think (mechanic-wise) the HDD having moving parts, spindle and platters and head to position, it should take longer to locate the data, when the SSD having no need to position the head and all that it should be a split second to give me access to the data in a folder. Can this be related to how my OS (macOS Monterey 12.7.5) accesses the drives? Anyone with the same "issue" (can't name it a real issue since I do have access to the data)? Please advise.
Thank you!