Hybrid Storage Alliance

The Hybrid Storage Alliance exists to promote and educated industry enablers and influencers about the benefits and advantages of Hybrid HDDs.

A new breed of hard disk drives has emerged enabled by dramatic shifts in two industry vectors which intersect in the realm of storage solutions. First, falling unit prices of non-volatile memory (or Flash) has facilitated its usage as a viable storage option while offering intrinsic benefits of faster system and application response time. Secondly, Microsoft’s integration of SuperFetch in Windows Vista enhances user experience when paired with this new type of hard disk drive. Hybrid hard disk drives meld the benefits of Flash technology with the high capacity and cost advantages realized by hard disk drive technology.

Features and benefits include increased power efficiency resulting in extended battery life. Because a hybrid solution will power down the drive spindle motor and operate out of the solid state cache for longer periods of time, the power consumption required by the drive is greatly reduced. O.S. and Applications launch from the solid state flash enabling a very fast system response time for users who don’t like the boot and resume time wait of today’s laptop PCs. Mobility and speed drive the need for a more durable drive and because hybrid drives actually spin down and the mechanical components stop moving, the drive operates at a higher shock tolerance mode.

With industry leaders such as Fujitsu, Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Toshiba, and Western Digital involved, this alliance could actually produce something worthwhile!

Hybrid Storage Alliance