It seems like 'hybrid' drives will be here long before true 'solid-state' drives. How do hybrid drives play into RAID schemes and tactics?

With flash, you have protection. However, flash is not known for high performance on writes. In fact, the more you write to flash, the more errors are introduced. The hybrid drives leverage the strengths of each media type and balancing the performance and availability that RAID provides.

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