1tb Hybrid Drive With 8gb Nand Flash Memory

The best of both worlds hdd capacity meets ssd like speed.

1tb hybrid drive with 8gb nand flash memory. The first solid state hybrid drive sshd in a 3 5 inch form factor boots and performs like an ssd sata 6gb s with ncq for interface speed. Works for ps3 ps4 macbook notebook 2 5 usb external enclosure. 8 gb is a decent amount of storage space for holding system files and programs but it doesn t compare to 128 gb or 256 gb that can hold all your system and program files. The research found that normal office computers not running data centric applications access just 9 58gb of unique data.

Toshiba s hybrid drive combines the dual platter magnetic storage of its highest capacity mobile hdd with wear resistant nand flash where 8gb of fast cache is dedicated for system usage and another 32mb allocated for alternative caching purposes. Seagate firecuda 1tb solid state hybrid drive performance sshd 2 5 inch sata 6gb s flash accelerated for gaming pc laptop frustration free packaging st1000lx015 4 5 out of 5 stars 7 872 57 99 57. An ssd can read and write data many times faster than the best mechanical hard drive. Judgecorp writes research from seagate suggests that hybrid hard drives in general use are virtually as good as solid state drives if they have just 8gb of solid state memory.

For gaming this is a great boost comparing favourably with ssd only drives but at a fraction of the cost. The drive has a 128mb dram buffer and 8gb of nand flash memory which is used to intelligently store the most used data in ssd nand storage so that you have fast access to the data you need most often. On the downside flash memory is many times more expensive than the innards of a typical hard drive so. 1tb capacity 16mb buffer size 8gb nand flash memory solid state flash ultra fast performance 2 5 sata iii hard drive.

1 year warranty from reseller. 1tb flash memory capacity 8gb nand flash memory type mlc rpm 7200 rpm cache 64mb average seek time 8 5ms average write time 8 5ms average latency 4 16ms features features performance. Seagate launched the industry s first hybrid drive momentus psd way back in 2007.