hybrid hard drive

Product Description

What is a hybrid hard drive?

A hybrid hard drive (HHD) is a mass storage device that combines a conventional hard disk drive (HDD) and aNAND flashmemory module. An HHD, sometimes known as a solid-state hybrid drive (SSHD), combines the capacity, cost and performance of physical disk storage with the accelerated performance of flash.

Data that's frequently written to or retrieved from storage is served fromflash memory. Samsung, Seagate Technology, Toshiba and Western Digital offer variants of HHD technology, typically branded with the SSHD label. These drives are often used consumer devices, such as in laptop computers. PC gaming devices alsouse SSHDs. Their large applications can be stored on the HDD while the solid-state component is used for high-speed access.