[ale] 6TB helium filled HD

Richard Bronosky richard at bronosky.com
Thu Jan 30 06:45:13 EST 2014


You broke me.
.!# Bruno #!.


On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Aaron Ruscetta <arxaaron at gmail.com> wrote:
> I guess the helium could lighten the data load, but doesn't
> make all the audio files sound high pitched and wierd?  ;-)
>
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Acmemicro has these new monsters in stock.
>>
>> I think the use of helium as a filler gas makes sense. However, He is VERY
>> "leaky". It can escape from elastomeric seals . So I'm concerned of the
>> longevity of the He in the platter cavity.
>>
>> Rebuilding RAID5/6 array of these drives is going to be long. They are 6Gbps
>> enterprise SATA 3 (SAS soon I hope) so they should be ready anything I can
>> throw at them.
>>
>> At $800+ each I won't be getting any soon :-(
>>
>> Still want one (or six :-)
>>
>>
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