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> HAMR requires new heads and immediate transition to glass platters with all-new new coating Shoot, this won't go well. Last time glass platters were used was
by kasabali 6y ago
> HAMR requires new heads and immediate transition to glass platters with all-new new coating
Shoot, this won't go well. Last time glass platters were used was in IBM Deathstars.
- magicalhippo 6y ago> Last time glass platters were used was in IBM Deathstars. Thanks to one of those I learned my lessons about having proper backups. Lost 3 years of work when my drive died one morning. Of course, I only learned about the nickname after it broke. Lets hope the new ones will fare better...
- sschueller 6y agoAh yes, the deathstar. Also remember in "RAID 0" the 0 indicates the amount of data you have on failure.
- SllX 6y agoMaterials science has advanced a fair bit, but hopefully Backblaze gives a few of these a spin to see how it goes and report back.
- kdkeyser 6y agoGlass platters have been used a lot since the IBM "Deathstar" series. They are used in almost all 2.5 inch laptop drives.
- kasabali 6y ago2.5 drives have less platters which are also smaller. I hope everything goes well and we'll see 100TB drives.
- 737maxtw 6y agoI'm not sure whether the smaller size is an asset or liability here. There's likely some tradeoffs for manufacturing tolerances and/or thermals. (physics people speak up?)
- pixl97 6y agoHeh, and they can shatter. Had a customer bring in a laptop after they dropped it and said the hard drive wasn't detected. Taking the hard drive out and rotating it made the noise of a thousand scurrying roaches.