Reviewers Liked
- Near SSD performance
- Quick caching of data
- Large capacity
- Much cheaper than SSDs
- Build Quality
- Hybrid Drive (750GB HDD 8GB SSD)
- Not require software
Reviewers Didn't Like
- No real time writing on NAND Flash yet
- Price increase over previous generation
- Moving parts means it’s still susceptible to damage, just like a regular drive
- Transferring files is pretty much the same as traditional drives
- Higher cost-per-gigabyte
- Not as fast as SSDs or other hybrid solutions, Benefits don’t kick in right away
- Lacks comparable IOPS operational performance to SSDs
- Slightly higher power consumption