The Hybrid Hard Drive

The Hybrid Hard Drive

Hello,

I'm going to tell you something more about the hybrid hard drive.

This is a variant of the original hard drive.

A difference between the original hard drive and the hybrid hard drive is that the platters of this hard drive are being placed in rest.

The data is not directly written on the platters but they are saved on a flashbuffer.

There are only 2 situations when the platters start spinning:

1. The buffer has almost reached his maximum capacity. The data needs to be transferred from the buffer to the hard drive. After the writing, the platters are being in put in rest again because the cache of the flashmemory is empty and ready to be used again.

2. The user needs some data from the hard drive and this data isn't saved on the buffer. The platters begin to spin so they can load the data from the buffer and then they go back to rest.

Some advantages of buying a hybrid hard drive:

- Lower energy consumption

- It needs less time to startup

- Less heat

- Less sound

- Higher reliability

IF YOU GOT SOME MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, FEEL FREE TO ASK THEM.
THESE ARE ONLY THE BASICS AND THERE IS ALOT MORE TO LEARN ABOUT.
I'M NOT PERFECT AND THIS BLOG ISN'T TOO BUT I'M OPEN FOR SOME CRITISISM.