The adoption rate of SSDs to date might not be as high as hardware makers would have hoped due to the sheer cost of the devices, but it seems that hybrid drives – the half SSD, half HDD variant – are doing pretty fine.
We recently received word from Seagate that they have just shipped their 1 millionth solid state hybrid drive, which is an impressive feat that they attribute to some clever cost-saving engineering and strategic partnerships with computer makers such as Alienware, ASUS, Dell, Sony and Toshiba to ship machines with Momentus XT drives on board.
Since SSDs cost at least 10 times more than regular HDDs, hybrid drives like the Momentus XT from Seagate manage to stay affordable by combining NAND flash with a traditional HDD, and effectively does what any SSD/HDD combo would – keep large files on the HDD portion, and frequently used files on the NAND partition.
To find out more about the Momentus XT from Seagate, hit up the official Seagate website at www.seagate.com.
Article From: Lowyat
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