SSD Solid State Drive

OCZ has announced plans for a hybrid drive, named RevoDrive Hybrid PCI Express (PCIe) storage solution , where there are attributes of both a solid drive and a hard disc drive. The RevoDrive uses both SSD and HDD technology for the best of both worlds. The most used applications are driven by solid state drive performance, where the more latent data is stored in a 1TB hard drive.

The drive uses Dataplex catching software, which adjusts itself through learned behavior of the user, determining the most efficient data processing attributes, with optimum performance being the end game. This is a dream for anyone wishing they could have an SSD with the storage capability of an HDD, but are scoffing at the price. The anticipated price is $499, and the release is expected towards the end of 2011.

With the anticipated influx of users converting to a solid state drive, this is a dream come true for average users on a bit of a budget, wanting to speed up their PC.

An SSD is faster than a hard disc drive because it has no moving parts inside, like an HDD / hard disc drive. Hard disc drives have mechanical parts that move inside, which causes some lag in performance. An HDD is also heavier, less durable, but is reasonably cheaper.

If you are a computer wizard, sparing no expense, where speed and performance are very worth it to you, or a savvy business man where you count all of those minutes lost during the day and count that as a loss, then a solid state drive solid state drive is what you want.