Seagate Monday began shipping its second-generation hybrid solid state/hard disk drive to original equipment manufacturers and its sales channels. The Seagate Momentus XT is priced much lower than full solid-state drives. The device spins at 7,200 RPMs and comes in capacities of 250 GB, 320 GB and 500 GB. All Momentus XT models come with not only a standard hard disc drive, but also a 4GB solid state flash memory drive. The Momentus XT comes with Seagate’s Adaptive Memory Technology software that memorizes users’ file access patterns and stores the most-loaded files onto the SSD.
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Seagate's Hybrid Drive Shoots for Quick-Draw Data Access
Posted by: Richard Adhikari May 24, 2010 11:29 AMSeagate Monday began shipping its second-generation hybrid solid state/hard disk drive to original equipment manufacturers and its sales channels. The Seagate Momentus XT is priced much lower than full solid-state drives. The device spins at 7,200 RPMs and comes in capacities of 250 GB, 320 GB and 500 GB. All Momentus XT models come with not only a standard hard disc drive, but also a 4GB solid state flash memory drive. The Momentus XT comes with Seagate’s Adaptive Memory Technology software that memorizes users’ file access patterns and stores the most-loaded files onto the SSD.