What type of HDD is used in the time capsule unit?

I was just wondering what type of Hard Disk Drive was used in the time capsule device. Is it a "SATA" type drive or is it a "SSD"? If it's a SATA drive how fast is it( e.g.: 5400 rpm or 7500 rpm ). If it is a standard HDD can it be replaced with a Solid State Drive or a Fusion Drive type HDD.

The hard disk changes with each generation of drive.. the original series were 7200rpm drives.. but as green drives became more readily avaialble and cheaper.. especially cheaper.. Apple moved to them.. The Latest TC uses WD green drives exclusively now..
Standard ordinary green WD are 5400rpm but maybe variable.
It is a slowish drive although probably just as fast as the original 500GB Seagate.
Now the important point.. there is no speed advantage in using a faster drive.. these boxes are processor-controller bound.
You can replace the slow green drive with an SSD and there is no improvement in speed.
Read the review where they did just that.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4577/airport-extreme-5th-gen-and-time-capsule-4th- gen-review-faster-wifi-/7
The SSD was marginally faster at writing.. the green drive did faster reads..

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