Seagate, Toshiba to Make SSD + HDD Hybrid?

[JohnnyLucky]

It sounds like an interesting concept that actually might prove to be practical.

 

[thejerk]

Seems like a delay tactic to keep SSD prices (and profitability) high given the HUGE disparity in cost per GB, comparatively speaking. My message to these companies is: Do it right. Ramp up SSD production and drop the cost. Skip the in-between technology that always seems to fail anyway.

 

[drutort]

i doubt 4gb is enough this IMO is some what a cheap gimmick, though it will boost to a degree but still some apps which probably 90% of are going to be bigger then the 4gb really quick, unless you want only a hand full of apps in that area... im curious how will this manage with large files paired with small ones?

i can see this also being a complete disaster for any defrag program... how will it distinguish the 4gb or the ssd part with the hd part and properly defrag it?

IMO 30gb ssd is minimum and then if you have 200-600gb of HD will be fine, but 4gb? come on...

 

[lukechoi]

well, there is another idea for using HDD and SSD together in laptop.
They pus 32GB / 64GB SSD into ODD so that you cna use HDD, SSD and ODD togher in 12" laptop..

check this out.. they may announce it on Computex 2010 taipei,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo4CROACuq0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arde0KIvll0
www.mysterydrive.net

 

[Guest]

SSD+ODD's hybrid option is better than HDD+SSD option for limeted space in current laptop mechanism without any changes.