Helium-filled hard drives take flight, bump capacity to 6TB

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  1. ronjor

    ronjor Global Moderator

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    ronjor, Nov 4, 2013
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  2. Mrkvonic

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    Nice. Helium is expensive, so I expect these drives to be recycled, not thrown away. Which is probably why the enterprise sector is the first to be given the new technology.
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  3. imdb

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    good point.
     
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    So now my HDDs will weight less than they really do. :D
    /Sarcasm
     
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    Greetings,

    It will be interesting to see how long the helium charge can be maintained within the drive. After all, helium is purified by allowing it to diffuse through quartz crystals.

    Best regards,
    RL
     
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  6. Keatah

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    Helium leaks through seemingly solid atomic structures. Rubber in car tires and balloons can't hold helium for long.

    It would be kinda funny (and cool) if there was a filling port on the disks. And WD said the disk is actually lighter in weight! Double awesome!
     
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    That's what I was thinking. I expect these to fail. Crushed by their own weight after the Helium leaks out... :D
     
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