Hybrid Hard Drive for Server Seagate

with one foot on the first shy SSD market for servers, Seagate does not neglect the hard drive, even if the boost with a little flash.

After testing this technology on laptops and desktops, Seagate offers a hybrid hard drive for servers in 2.5 inches (15 mm), the Turbo SSHD with a capacity of 600 GB The manufacturer , which completely missed the transition to SSD, trying to catch up, while capitalizing on its traditional skills, hard drives tray 15 000 t / m but spiked with a bit of flash memory (32GB MLC type ). The SSHD offers performance random access mode up to 3 times faster than disks 15,000 rev / min 600 GB depending on existing Seagate.

Optimizing storage tiering by caching at the E / S, Turbo SSHD reduces performance problems and bottlenecks often seen in virtualized environments. It also provides an option to enhance the SED data protection. The disc will be available in 300, 450 and 600 GB at a price not yet been notified. This last point will be monitored carefully, as the price per GB drop every month on the SSD market. We'll tell you more in a future test.