A nanosecond is 1 billionth of a second. A millisecond is 1 thousandth of a second. 1/1000000000 vs. 1/1000 Six orders of magnitude. Edit: your point may ho

A nanosecond is 1 billionth of a second. A millisecond is 1 thousandth of a second. 1/1000000000 vs. 1/1000 Six orders of magnitude. Edit: your point may hold true as I'm not sure SSD access or seek times are in the 10ns range.