Re: Anybody using hybrid drives?

I replaced the 320GB 5400 RPM drive in my wife's laptop with a 500GB
Momentus XT. She no longer complains if an AV scan runs while she's using
the PC. :)

That said, it pales in comparison to the 120GB OCX Vertex SSD in my main
desktop PC.

With the Momentus XT things load fast, and it is noticeable v. a normal
platter drive, but you can tell that there are still platters in there
spinning. A pure SSD powers up faster and can do orders of magnitude more
IOs/second.

Boot times don't matter much to me any more. With the exception of my work
laptop, the home machines simply spend most of their time sleeping. They
resume from sleep far faster than they can boot. I only reboot when forced
to by updates or if something acts strangely, which on a modern machine
isn't often.


On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Douglas Handy <dhandy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

David,

I just bought a new Seagate Momentum XT drive for my laptop:

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/laptops/laptop-hdd

and so far, I am very impressed with its performance. It lives up to the
marketing claims.

I don't have one yet, but have thought about it. Unlike a full SSD drive
which has no need to do it, I think this hybrid dynamically tries to learn
what is the most frequently accessed stuff and keep that in the SSD
portion. So the initial startup time may not be as indicative as times
after a learning period.

What concerns me is it seems the failure rate is higher on these drives. I
may get one anyway though.
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