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Seagate's Hybrid Drive Returns to Negotiate With Physics
· New York time
Seagate's FireCuda Forge revisits the hybrid drive, bringing an older storage idea back into a market still wrestling with capacity, speed and price. The new product combines a familiar concept with a fresh reason for buyers to compare how different storage designs serve their needs. A hybrid approach appeals to the wish to get more than one desirable quality from a single device. Storage buyers generally want plenty of room, quick access and a price that fits the job. Those priorities do not always line up neatly, and the value of a design depends on the work someone actually expects the drive to do. The return of a concept does not by itself settle the old questions. Hardware and markets change, so an idea can be worth revisiting, but a familiar label is not a substitute for assessing the particular product and its alternatives. A buyer storing a large collection may care about different things from someone focused on rapid access. The announcement gives an old debate another seat at the table. The ideal drive would hold everything, retrieve it instantly and cost very little. Actual hardware continues to ask which of those wishes matters most. Seagate's answer is to bring the hybrid back and let the comparison begin again.
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