{"id":90835,"date":"2016-05-02T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T08:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=90835"},"modified":"2016-05-02T10:04:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T08:04:37","slug":"the-next-big-thing-seagates-helium-filled-hard-drives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/90835-the-next-big-thing-seagates-helium-filled-hard-drives","title":{"rendered":"The next big thing? Seagate’s helium-filled hard drives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seagate has started shipping<\/strong> <\/a>its first helium-filled hard drives.<\/p>\n

Aimed specifically at high-capacity data centres, these gas-filled drives will mean increased capacity and lower power consumption while still using current magnetic recording technologies.<\/p>\n

“The density<\/strong> <\/a>of helium is one-seventh that of air, which reduces drag force acting on the spinning disk stack and lowers fluid flow forces affecting the disks and the heads.”<\/p>\n

“By filling hard drives with helium, makers of HDDs can install up to seven platters into one industry-standard 3.5\/1-inch hard drive, reduce power consumption of HDD motors and improve accuracy of arm\u2019s positioning”.<\/p>\n

As the HDD is hermetically sealed, it will feature significantly different internal architecture than those drives currently available on the market.<\/p>\n

It is not known whether these drives will be readily commercially available.<\/p>\n

\"Seagate<\/a><\/p>\n

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