Hybrid drive laptops

Hybrid SSHD

— hybrid drives combine both hard disk drive (HDD) and solid-state module (SSD) in one case. They are usually set up so that the bulk of the data is stored on the hard drive, and the SSD acts as buffer, speeding up the system's access to this data. In terms of speed, such modules can be comparable to "clean" SSDs, while at higher capacity they are much cheaper; at the same time, the use of HDD significantly affects power consumption and shock resistance.