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Helium is really hard to contain, (just ask SpaceX!) Do these leak and degrade, or do they have some magical way to keep the gas in?
by tristanb 10y ago
Helium is really hard to contain, (just ask SpaceX!) Do these leak and degrade, or do they have some magical way to keep the gas in?
- planteen 10y agoHere's a whitepaper from Seagate with some details: http://www.seagate.com/files/www-content/product-content/enterprise-hdd-fam/enterprise-capacity-3-5-hdd-10tb/_shared/docs/helium-drive-launch-tp686-1-1602us.pdf http://www.seagate.com/files/www-content/product-content/ent... Sounds like they design them for a 5 year life.
- greglindahl 10y agoThese drives contain Helium at 5500 atmospheres while submerged in cryogenic LOX or RP1? Wow.
- rasz_pl 10y agoyes and yes, perfect planned obsolescence