Seagate Unveils New Momentus XT Hybrid Hard Drives
By
Cássio Lima
on November 29, 2011 - 6:57 PM
Seagate has announced the second generation of their Momentus XT series of hybrid hard drives. Seagate’s Momentus XT drives combine the low cost of hard disk drives with the high performance of SSD units. These disks feature a technology that actively monitors the frequently-used applications and data files and copies them into the SSD for quick access.
According to Seagate, the new Momentus XT drives are nearly 70 percent faster than the prior Momentus drives and up to three times faster than a traditional hard disk drive.
In the table below, we compare the second generation of the Momentus XT series with the previous one.
| Momentus XT G2 | Momentus XT G1 |
Interface | SATA-600 | SATA-300 |
Spin Speed | 7,200 rpm | 7,200 rpm |
Cache | 32 MB | 32 MB |
Flash memory | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Drive size | 2.5” | 2.5” |
Sector size | 4,096 bytes | 512 bytes |
Available capacities | 750 GB | 250 GB, 320 GB and 500 GB |
The Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for the Momentus XT G2 750 GB is USD 245.
Originally at http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/news/Seagate-Unveils-New-Momentus-XT-Hybrid-Hard-Drives/6094
