Hybrid Hard Drives Explained: Why You Might Want One Instead of an SSD

Hybrid Hard Drives Explained: Why You Might Want One Instead of an SSD: "Hybrid hard drives promise some of the performance of a solid-state drive with the capacity of a mechanical drive. They’re bigger than an SSD and faster than a plain-old mechanical drive.

These are sometimes called “SSHDs” — solid-state hybrid drives. The drive automatically caches data in the solid-state storage for you, offering faster speeds for the files you use most."



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