Seagate planning to launch new hybrid SSD/hard drive in Asus ROG G73Jh gaming laptop?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/computers/seag...ing-laptop/2535
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/computers/seag...ing-laptop/2535
Here we go again, Seagate to try hybrid drives...
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I love the idea but you can make your own with a device that was currently released. You hookup the ssd and hdd and it does the caching for you. You get most of the speed increase without most of the risks.
133 bucks is cheap, it'll be interesting to see what comes of this.
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Originally Posted By: brandini
I love the idea but you can make your own with a device that was currently released. You hookup the ssd and hdd and it does the caching for you. You get most of the speed increase without most of the risks.
Link??? sounds neat.
I love the idea but you can make your own with a device that was currently released. You hookup the ssd and hdd and it does the caching for you. You get most of the speed increase without most of the risks.
Link??? sounds neat.
When the industry switch from 512MB to 2MB RAM buffer and from 2MB to 64MB, they see huge improvement in speed. But when switching from 8MB to 64MB RAM buffer, it doesn't improve the speed that much until the platter density get much bigger.
A dedicated SSD would be much faster even if it isn't the latest generation, heck even a second hard drive to force the user to split intensive work load between 2 drives will see huge improvement compare to this hybrid drive.
A dedicated SSD would be much faster even if it isn't the latest generation, heck even a second hard drive to force the user to split intensive work load between 2 drives will see huge improvement compare to this hybrid drive.
They are talking about doing something similar with (IIRC) the expirimental Linux FS called BTRFS. Using a SSD as a caching front end to a larger HDD.
More info on this hybrid drive today:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/seagate-pairs-7200rpm-hdd-with-4gb-of-flash-in-2-5-inch-momentus/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/seagate-pairs-7200rpm-hdd-with-4gb-of-flash-in-2-5-inch-momentus/
Looks like the major advantage of SSDs (random read/write speed) is not any better than a standard HDD.+
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3734/seagates-momentus-xt-review-finally-a-good-hybrid-hdd/3
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3734/seagates-momentus-xt-review-finally-a-good-hybrid-hdd/3
I don't understand where you're coming from, the Intel SSD is by far faster than any HDD in the testing for random I/O
I think what he meant to say was that this hybrid is not any better at random reads than a regular drive; one of the main benefits of a SSD.
Originally Posted By: Colt45ws
I think what he meant to say was that this hybrid is not any better at random reads than a regular drive; one of the main benefits of a SSD.
Yes. The real reason SSDs feel so much faster is that random read/write speeds are much higher than on a traditional harddrive. The hybrid does not get that advantage, and so I see no reason to get one. I plan on picking up a 30GB OCZ SSD in the future for a boot/apps drive to compliment my WD 640GB SE16
I think what he meant to say was that this hybrid is not any better at random reads than a regular drive; one of the main benefits of a SSD.
Yes. The real reason SSDs feel so much faster is that random read/write speeds are much higher than on a traditional harddrive. The hybrid does not get that advantage, and so I see no reason to get one. I plan on picking up a 30GB OCZ SSD in the future for a boot/apps drive to compliment my WD 640GB SE16
ok, gotcha now.
I've been playing with an Intel 80GB MLC drive this week. It's not faster than the G.Skill 128GB Falcon that we were playing with last year. I don't get the excitement about Intel MLC drives. Now, their SLC drives are the cat's meow, so to speak, but you have to mortgage your house to afford a few of them.
I've been playing with an Intel 80GB MLC drive this week. It's not faster than the G.Skill 128GB Falcon that we were playing with last year. I don't get the excitement about Intel MLC drives. Now, their SLC drives are the cat's meow, so to speak, but you have to mortgage your house to afford a few of them.
Originally Posted By: ToyotaNSaturn
ok, gotcha now.
I've been playing with an Intel 80GB MLC drive this week. It's not faster than the G.Skill 128GB Falcon that we were playing with last year. I don't get the excitement about Intel MLC drives. Now, their SLC drives are the cat's meow, so to speak, but you have to mortgage your house to afford a few of them.
How much is their SLC drive?
ok, gotcha now.
I've been playing with an Intel 80GB MLC drive this week. It's not faster than the G.Skill 128GB Falcon that we were playing with last year. I don't get the excitement about Intel MLC drives. Now, their SLC drives are the cat's meow, so to speak, but you have to mortgage your house to afford a few of them.
How much is their SLC drive?
A 32GB Intel SLC is $380 and a 64GB is $600.
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