Data Backup Digest

As the demand for increased system performance and improved data reliability expands, more consumers are now able to justify the use of solid state hard drives. Given some of the recent innovations seen in solid state drives as of late, including Seagate's creative use of Adaptive Memory Technology within their own hybrid drives, now is a great time to explore the usefulness of Flash-based hard drive storage.

What is Adaptive Memory Technology?

Pioneered by the developers at Seagate, Adaptive Memory Technology is a self-learning protocol that attempts to organize and prioritize computer processes, such as boot-ups, system restarts and hibernation modes, for quick readability and lightning fast accessibility. This data is then moved to a separate partition of the hard drive reserved for critical system processes.

Performance

Adaptive Memory Technology is able to increase the overall performance of a system in a number of ways. Firstly, Adaptive Memory Technology is entirely drive-based, meaning all of its operations are completed within the drive itself. Secondly, Adaptive Memory Technology is always working and monitoring your daily activities. This allows it to pick up on your usage trends, popular applications and critical services that are needed to maintain the maximum level of daily productivity.

Hybrid Drives

The biggest benefit of Adaptive Memory Technology comes when the technology is used in tandem with Seagate's solid state hybrid drives. These drives, which rely on traditional, disk-based storage as well as NAND Flash memory, utilize Adaptive Memory Technology to designate which applications and processes are promoted to NAND memory and which are able to operate of the hard drive itself. This increases the speed of Seagate's hybrid drives tremendously, especially when compared to traditional hard disk drives.

Adaptive Memory Technology and Laptop Computers

Another large benefit of Adaptive Memory Technology is only realized when using a hybrid drive within a laptop computer. Because these drives are thinner and lighter than traditional drives, you won't have to worry about lugging around a hulking laptop for your day-to-day business. Moreover, the Seagate's solid state hybrid drives use less power when compared to traditional drives, so you'll be able to use your laptop for longer in between periods of charging.

The final benefit of Adaptive Memory Technology when used in a laptop is the increased system speed. Boot times, access times and loading screens will all happen in the blink of an eye, which means you'll spend less time waiting and more time producing. Instant data accessibility is a must in today's busy professional climate, and that applies whether you are at the office or on the move.

Reception

Since it was introduced several years ago, Seagate's Adaptive Memory Technology has been well-received in the industry. In fact, all of the major HDD manufacturers have embraced Adaptive Memory Technology and solid state hybrid drives for their own designs, thereby offering consumers with a myriad of viable options. While they are still not as cost effective as traditional, disk-based hard drives, SSDs, particularly hybrid drives, are gaining a lot of momentum amongst storage buffs and computer geeks around the globe.