Seagate is bringing back the hybrid drive, but you have to supply the SSD
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Editor's take: Hybrid drives were all the rage among storage makers a little over a decade ago. Seagate thinks today's chaotic hardware landscape is ripe for further exploitation, which is why the company is now offering an extra-pricey new device designed to resurrect the whole hybrid drive concept.
Seagate has introduced the FireCuda Forge, an external "desktop" HDD designed to approach NVMe-class data rates by embedding a smaller SSD in the same enclosure. Just like classic hybrid drives, FireCuda Forge can store frequently used data on a much faster solid-state cache. Unlike those older designs, however, the SSD isn't included: the user has to supply it.
FireCuda Forge is currently available in8TB and 20TB capacities, priced at $699 and $899 respectively. The external HDD hosts a "non-populated" slot for a user-provided...
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