What type of drive combines a mechanical hard drive with an SSD drive?

A hybrid drive is designed to combine both a traditional mechanical hard drive (HDD) and a solid-state drive (SSD) into a single unit. The mechanical component offers large storage capacity and is cost-effective for bulk data storage, while the SSD component provides faster read and write speeds for frequently accessed data. This design allows users to benefit from the speed advantages of an SSD while still having the large capacity of an HDD, making hybrid drives particularly useful for balancing performance and storage needs in laptops and other devices.

The other options pertain to different concepts in storage technology. RAID 1 and RAID 0 are both configurations that use multiple drives to provide data redundancy (RAID 1) or improve performance by stripping data across drives (RAID 0), but they do not combine the features of an SSD and an HDD. An M.2 SSD refers to a form factor and interface used for SSDs, offering high-speed data transfer but does not integrate a mechanical hard drive, as a hybrid drive does.