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Originally Posted by Irenicus
I recall the early Momentus having serious reliability problems.
Have they improved since then?
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I don't know. All I can say offer is this: the observation that I haven't had issues with mine, and the reasoning that Seagate is now shifting away from traditional HDDs and further expanding their SSHD lineup. I don't imagine they would do that if the SSHD lineup had a higher failure rate than standard HDDs.
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Originally Posted by Irenicus
One thing you trade away buying a hybrid is that they are just as vulnerable to hard drive roulette of old, compared to buying a (reliable, good firmware) SSD.
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I've come across a number of horror stories about SSDs failing, even from "reliable" manufacturers, and seemingly for no good reason. Going based purely off of anecdotal stories, I don't know that SSDs have a lower failure rate than HDDs at this point in time. It's a pity that the industry doesn't make this sort of data readily available, although it's understandable why they don't.