https://community.element14.com/learn/publications/w/documents/7291/raidon-drive-combines-storage-semiconductors-for-best-of-both-solutionen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/learn/publications/w/documents/7291/raidon-drive-combines-storage-semiconductors-for-best-of-both-solutionThu, 07 Oct 2021 06:44:56 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:7b1321d9-0c1c-4f41-8500-007ad207241ae14newshttps://community.element14.com/learn/publications/w/documents/7291/raidon-drive-combines-storage-semiconductors-for-best-of-both-solution#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Documents by e14news on 10/7/2021 6:44:56 AM<br /> <span>Taipei-based RAIDON, a specialist in small-scale RAID solutions, is offering a combination of the two main storage semiconductor types in its HyBrid RunneR iH2420 drive.</span><br /><br /><span>RAIDON was founded in 2000 and opened its USA branch office in 2009, with disk array specialist STARDOM spun off from the firm in 2002.</span><br /><br /><span>Its latest innovation combines solid-state and conventional disk storage semiconductors to offer the performance benefits of each in a single drive.</span><br /><br /><span>The iH2420 can accept a 2.5-inch solid-state disk (SSD) and a 2.5-inch hard disk drive (HDD), implementing RAID backup functionality across the two.</span><br /><br /><span>If the HDD has any extra capacity compared with the SSD, this is also made available as a non-RAID volume, so none of the storage potential is lost.</span><br /><br /><span>However, the SSD can be removed for mobile computing purposes and, once inserted back into the iH2420, will be replicated on to the HDD for backup protection and archiving.</span><a href="http://feeds.directnews.co.uk/feedtrack/justcopyright.gif?feedid=1785&amp;itemid=800057074"><img alt="ADNFCR-1785-ID-800057074-ADNFCR" src="http://feeds.directnews.co.uk/feedtrack/justcopyright.gif?feedid=1785&amp;itemid=800057074" /></a><div style="clear:both;"></div>