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A Hybrid Approach For SSD Speed From Your 2TB HDD

Posted by timothy on from the bottleneck-feedback-loop dept.

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!"

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  1. Re:Save your money... by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Or, you can just use ZFS and turn on the L2ARC, which will use the SSD as a cache for the hard disks and not need any custom hardware.

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  2. You mean like in... by kungfuj35u5 · · Score: 5, Informative

    ZFS? Hybrid storage pools have been around for a long while, and exist as a pretty well balanced software solution to this problem. Hybrid solid-state/magnetic disks were in the market as well which used a similar technique. There is nothing new or impressive about this device.

  3. Re:2.5" drives only by Cocoronixx · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

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