Solid State Drive in Place of a Hard Drive

Can I replace my hard drive with a Solid State drive in the hard drive space? I want to keep the functionality my optical drive.

Machine Specs:

Model Name: iMac

Model Identifier: iMac8,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz

Number of Processors: 1

Total Number of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 6 MB

Memory: 5 GB

Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz

Boot ROM Version: IM81.00C1.B00

SMC Version (system): 1.29f1

Hardware UUID: 83A932B7-998A-5FE5-B2E9-929793EB747F

Hard Drive Specs

Hitachi HDP725025GLA380:

Capacity: 250.06 GB (250,059,350,016 bytes)

Model: Hitachi HDP725025GLA380

Revision: GM0KA59A

Serial Number: GEK260RB1V068A

Native Command Queuing: Yes

Queue Depth: 32

Removable Media: No

Detachable Drive: No

BSD Name: disk0

Rotational Rate: 7200

Medium Type: Rotational

Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)

S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified

Volumes:

EFI:

Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)

BSD Name: disk0s1

Content: EFI

Hard Drive:

Capacity: 249.2 GB (249,199,591,424 bytes)

Available: 145.07 GB (145,069,572,096 bytes)

Writable: Yes

File System: Journaled HFS+

BSD Name: disk0s2

Mount Point: /

Content: Apple_HFS

Volume UUID: E3596485-D4CB-3DAA-967A-2D70160E803D