[ale] 6TB helium filled HD

Aaron Ruscetta arxaaron at gmail.com
Wed Jan 29 09:58:18 EST 2014


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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