Hybrid Drive Storage

I came across this overview of hybrid storage technology, which is used in the Studio for both drives (1T / 2T capacity) that are offered. Yes, Seagate has a vested interest in making this kind of data storage seem as appealing as it can, but this presentation seems reasonable enough with respect to what is actually involved in the process of managing data that can reside on either or both a 2.5" 5400 RPM disk drive and a smallish Solid State Drive. This page feels as though it may be a couple of years old by now, and if the price of SS storage continues to drop, the market for hybrid products may fade away in the next few years except for the most penny-conscious of manufacturers. For the moment, however, MS has chosen to put hybrid drives in the Studio AIO. If the product survives, several tens of thousands of them will be produced before we see the same approach to storage in the Studio that we have seen already in the predecessor Surface devices.

Adaptive Memory Technology in Solid State Hybrid Drives|Seagate

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