The Momentus XT (left) has a 4GB Micron SLC NAND module packed closely to an eASIC controller for the caching part of the drive. That is where the similarities end though. Looking at the circuit board we can also see that both drives use the same motor driver. Both drives with the circuit boards removed are identical down to the machining of the drive surface. With the board removed on the XT and 7200.4 we also get a closer look to see the drives differences and similarities. This drive uses two controllers, one for the flash memory segment and another for the standard hard drive operations. With the circuit board removed we finally get to see what makes this drive so special. Taking the drive apart was easy after removing countless precision Phillips head screws. The PCB (printed circuit board) has all soldered components facing the drive body to shed heat and protect components from getting hit accidentally. Seagate rates the operating shock at 350G, meaning this drive can survive a pretty good impact like what you might experience if you drop your notebook. To the naked eye nothing about this drive indicates that it is unlike any other notebook drive on the market.īuild quality is good for a consumer notebook drive. When we flip it over it still keeps the same look, hiding its hybrid secrets on the inner-facing side of the circuit board. The drive has the standard Seagate drive appearance with a simple all-white label on top of a minimalistic silver cover and black metal body. In fact, Seagate uses the same internals on the new XT that were used in the previous 7200.4. The Seagate Momentus XT HDD/SSD hybrid drive doesn’t really look that much different than a normal hard drive.
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The hybrid hard drive concept takes a standard spindle hard drive and adds flash and pattern recognizing software to boost drive performance with repetitive tasks. Today though, they have come out with a cross between flash and magnetic storage known as a solid state hybrid drive (SSHD). Seagate is one of the few remaining hard drive manufacturers who haven’t released a line of consumer SSDs. Hard drive manufacturers have seen the writing on the wall embrace flash storage or suffer the consequences.