Talk:Hybrid drive

message: Concerning "Lower recoverability" of Hybrid drive - not true
"What happens if the SSD portion of the drive fails?" Everyone with important documents and photos does not want to be left fighting for our data. The engineers assured me that in the unlikely event the SSD fails, then the algorithm accounts for the loss and it only stores the data on the physical drive. They also commented that the information stored on the SSD portion is mirrored on the physical drive as well, so no data will be lost with a failure of the SSD. In essence the device would act just like any other mechanical drive from that point forward. - source http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/seagate_momentus_xt_500gb/12.htm .wayfarer (talk) 09:03, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  recoverability 

message: Marked the claim that flash has lower performance than disk for small writes as dubious -- this does not seem to be consistent with benchmarking like the following: 
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4202/the-intel-ssd-510-review/4 (where the two non-SSD's bottom out the chart for 4KB random writes as they do for small random reads, and in general the SSD's write as fast or faster than they read).
Is this claim obsolete or does it mean something different than I think? Willhsmit (talk) 01:50, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lower performance for small disk writes 

message: The claim that these drives (or any failed hard-drive) can be "recovered" using destructive mechanical means such as freezing or hitting with a hammer is dubious at best. I've seen the anecdotal reports before, but I've NEVER been able to quote a source as saying that subjecting a failed drive to further mechanical stress will somehow magically fix it long enough to get the data off of it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.69.37.246 (talk) 15:50, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: HDDGuru.com has many, many discussions about this, if you really want to avoid OR.  It's considered a last resort and mostly for very old drives.  Better to leave such methods in the talk section as it's risky and kind of obsolete.  Let people read the cautions here or hire someone from that site.  It's visited by pretty much all the recovery professionals.  Also:  The orientation, beefier power supply, swapping boards.  2 of those are pretty safe, guess which.  :P Make backups automatically and your biggest worry will be trying to get secure erase to work.  Use encryption and even that won't matter much!  2601:1:9500:6D5:5823:6C07:9896:4969 (talk) 21:15, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inherent Flaws 

message: As of 2013, SSHD seems to be the most common term:
* www.seagate.com/solutions/solid-state-hybrid/
: "SSHD: Fast, big and easy on your budget
: The emergence of solid state hybrid drive (SSHD) technology provides a way for users to get more performance from their machines, run richer applications, and make stronger contributions to the organization—all in a price that works."
* reviews.cnet.com/hard-drives/wd-black-sshd-1tb/4505-3186_7-35567266.html
: WD shows off its first hybrid drive, the WD Black SSHD
: "The major storage vendor for the first time showed off its very first solid-state hybrid hard drive, the WD Black SSHD. This is the final working product that's being sampled to OEM manufacturers. And it's WD's answer to Seagate's hybrid drives, not only the existing Momentus XT, but also the prototypes it showcased at CES 2013.
: SSHD is the new name, used across the industry, for a hybrid drive that uses both platter-based storage and solid-state storage in one standard form."
-96.233.19.238 (talk) 14:04, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  SSHD 

message: Open source:
ZFS?
Manual linking (symlinks for example)
Shareware/trialware:
EliteBytes VeloSSD (limited space/volumes)
Romex PrimoCache(formerly FancyCache)
eBoostr
Proprietary:
IBM FlashCache Storage Accelerator
OCZ ZD-XL SQL Accelerator
Intel iSRT
NVELO Dataplex
Free but non-open:
Commercial(available for direct purchase):
SanDisk FlashSoft Cache
VeloBit HyperCache
sTec EnhanceIO SSD Cache (Now HGST)
Unknown:
Proximal Data AutoCache
PernixData
Not sure where to put this list.  Will add more as I find them. 2601:1:9500:6D5:5823:6C07:9896:4969 (talk) 22:06, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: It would be the best to create an expandable list/overview template for that purpose, like the two of those already placed at the bottom of Hybrid drive article (for example). — Dsimic (talk) 01:09, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Been trying to find/create a list of software implementations 

message: There's been repeated attempts to widen the definition of hybrid to include things that don't use HDDs.  If someone has a source for something called a Hybrid drive that doesn't include any HDD, I'd be interested.  Until then, let's not confuse readers by making such things up.  --A D Monroe III (talk) 19:53, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non HDD hybrid drives?