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    Any alternatives to the seagate XT hybrid?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by laststop311, Jun 29, 2010.

  1. laststop311

    laststop311 Notebook Deity

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    Are there any other types of hybrid drives. Maybe with a 16GB or 8GB SSD component?
     
    laststop311, Jun 29, 2010
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    The XT is the first, as far as I know, consumer Hybrid. If a marketing success though I am sure it will not be the last..............
     
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    would be nice to get an 8GB version that caches writes on like 2GB of it and caches read on the other 6GB
     
    laststop311, Jun 30, 2010
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    yup, or dynamically caches writes as it needs to. great if it's non-volatile cache, but I would imagine it would eat a lot of power if done in the wrong way.
     
    namaiki, Jun 30, 2010
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