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6TB Helium-Filled Hard Drives Take Flight

Posted by samzenpus on from the building-it-better dept.

An anonymous reader writes in with some exciting news if you are a storage array manufacturer with a lot of money to spend on hard drives."HGST Monday announced that it's now shipping a helium-filled, 3.5-in hard disk drive with 50% more capacity than the current industry leading 4TB drives. The new drive uses 23% less power and is 38% lighter than the 4TB drives. Without changing the height, the new 6TB Ultrastar He6 enterprise-class hard drive crams seven disk platters into what was a five disk-platter, 4TB Ultrastar drive."

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  1. Disks with helium? by buchner.johannes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally a real cloud drive!

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  2. still a few kinks to work out by Thud457 · · Score: 5, Funny

    all the MP3 sound like The Chipmunks.

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  3. Fuck everything, we're going to 7 platters. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And helium. Shut up I'm telling you how it works.

    1. Re:Fuck everything, we're going to 7 platters. by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Funny

      and an 8th platter on the back for hard to reach data.

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  4. Re:Helium Leaks by Big+Hairy+Ian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I know where to store all my high pitched MP3's :D

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  5. Re:A new spin on 'my hd exploded' by nctritech · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're thinking hydrogen. This is HELIUM!

    H = OH THE HUMANITY

    He = OH THE CHIPMUNK HUMANITY

  6. Re:Helium Leaks by Nerdfest · · Score: 5, Funny

    You should Rush right out and get one.

  7. Re:Helium Leaks by dcollins117 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's the main drawback of these drives. They can make Barry White sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks.

  8. Re:10 Years of Research & unpressurised by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Without a fluid filling, the heads would crash into the platter.

    It seems the universal secret to success, whether you're throwing a ball or building a hard disk drive, is to bring the liquor out early and keep it comin'!

  9. Re: Helium Leaks by Guy+From+V · · Score: 5, Funny

    Christ, Sterling Mallory Archer, what part of its helium not hydrogen don't you understand?

  10. Re:Helium Leaks by ArcadeMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    And Darth Vader will sound like an angry Jerry Seinfeld.

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