Patent ID: 8812805

Claim:
A mixed technology storage drive for storing and retrieving various types of content, the mixed technology drive comprising: a plurality of storage components, each supporting a different one of a set of storage technologies; a controller coupled to the plurality of storage components and operable to manage the plurality of storage components; the controller determining an appropriate one of the plurality of storage components for storing given content based upon an anticipated usage pattern of the given content, wherein the anticipated usage pattern includes one of: sequential mode data access and random mode data access; the controller monitoring the access characteristics of the given content to determine an actual usage pattern of the given content; and the controller selectively moving the given content from one of the plurality of storage components to another one of the plurality of storage components based upon the actual usage pattern of the given content, wherein the actual usage pattern of the given content includes a different one of: sequential mode data access and random mode data access.