A Hybrid Approach For SSD Speed From Your 2TB HDD

Claave writes "bit-tech.net reports that SilverStone has announced a device that daisy-chains an SSD with a hard disk, with the aim of providing SSD speeds plus loads of storage space. The SilverStone HDDBoost is a hard disk caddy with an integrated storage controller, and is an easy upgrade for your PC. The device copies the 'front-end' of your hard disk to the SSD, and tells your OS to prefer the SSD when possible. SSD speeds for a 2TB storage device? Yep, sounds good to me!"

Comments

Re:Just a cache?

[girlintraining]

Haven't disk manufacturers been doing this forever, using faster memories to cache disk? I guess the difference now is that the memory is slower than DRAM and non-volatile so it isn't lost in the event of power failure? Or maybe you can get more flash storage at a low price point?

"DRAM is yesterday's news. SSDs are the future. And they cost a lot more than a pile of memory chips, therefore they must be better. Order fifty." -- Some PHB

dear kind sir

[damn_registrars]

Dear kind sir

I suspect we may have read different articles. Your assertion of

You mount the fucking 2.5" drive in the caddy and mount your 3.5" HD where you would normally mount it

Does not match the article when it says

The device takes the form of a 2.5in to 3.5in hard disk caddy

So I thank you for your kind concern of

un a fucking cable from your HD to the caddy. Is this so fucking hard to get a grasp on? For christs sake

And I hope you have a very nice day kind sir.

Re:dear kind sir

[damn_registrars]

Oh joy of joys, I was hoping you would be so kind as to bestow unto me the gift of another kind response.

You are a fucking idiot and can not read.

Clearly, you are the truest source of all wisdom. You are a gentleman of caliber previously unattained. I am not worthy of your kindness, dear sir and I bow to your civility.

Please do not continue to use the Internet, as even a short article is apparently beyond your comprehension.

You have graced us with so much kindness in so little space.

one of the ultimate forms of demonstration of your rank stupidity

Why thank you kindly sir. I hope you could be so kind as to continue to heap praise upon me.

Please destroy your computer now, or at the very least disconnect your computer from the internet so that you do not harm other people with your base ignorance

I am so glad that you devoted so much time to discussing the topic at hand. A lesser man might have resorted to slinging insults rather than actually talking about the (lack of) technical merit of the device that this slashvertisement is dedicated to. I am infinitely thankful to you for being so kind and considerate.

The depths of the technical aspects of this conversation are seldom reached or surpassed these days, I thank you for your immense insight and kindness in this matter.

Re:dear kind sir

[damn_registrars]

tl;dr

Indeed you are a scholar and a gentleman. I will cherish this wonderful conversation for the rest of my days and then some. I hope you a lifetime of peace and happiness for the kindness you have bestowed upon me and indeed the whole of the world. We all could never be adequately grateful for a kind soul such as yours.

Re:2.5" drives only

[Cocoronixx]

Read it again and look at the pictures. The caddy is the size of a 3.5" drive, in which you install a 2.5" SSD. That is what they mean by a "2.5in to 3.5in hard disk caddy".

AGAIN!? How dare you accuse me of reading TFA. Are you trying to ruin my /. cred?

Re:2.5" drives only

[Em Emalb]

LOL, nerd fight. Someone call a doctor, they might get a paper-cut.

Breakthrough

[thethibs]

Good Grief, Alice! They've invented cache!

Re:Your sig

[St.Creed]

That's because you might confuse him with other people with low numbers, who only post things and never read anything...

Re:Save your money...

[AmberBlackCat]

I'm bookmarking your post so I have something, to link to, the next time somebody asks why I prefer the GUI over the command line.

Re:Pick the false statement

[Fred_A]

So if you have more data stored on the HD than the size of the SSD, the performance of reading this data will be ever so slightly slower than reading from the HD directly.

Obviously you need a 2TB SSD in order to get the maximum performance gains from the device.