The idea of injecting helium into hard drives has been gaining traction in recent months , and now we have the new Ultrastar HE6 , developed by HGST subsidiary of Western Digital. What's in this album with helium ? Less than two additional courses , totaling 6TB capacity .
In recent weeks , the only hard drives that have come into my possession are 2.5 inches. Obviously , fit a larger bay is a minor problem compared to the challenges facing the business environment, focused on a demand that is growing , and infrastructure to the limit . One or two hard drives do not cause major problems, however, when we speak of a hundred or more disks , heat, and energy storage density become critical parameters. In this case , less is more vital among manufacturers , and to achieve an ally comes directly from the periodic table: helium .
In September 2012, HGST (now under the wing of Western Digital) announced the development of hard disks injected with helium. This provides immediate benefits to the design , starting with an increase in the number of plates , from five to seven. HGST efforts materialized in the new Ultrastar HE6 , that with the help of seven courses can offer a capacity of six terabytes , retaining the traditional format of 3.5 inches. The Ultrastar HE6 is 50 grams lighter compared to similar drives , works at a lower temperature (between 4 and 5 degrees below average ) , Standby consumption is only 5.3 watts and generates 30 percent less noise . To this is added a "time average " between failures of two million hours , and five years official warranty .
There are already several very high caliber names Ultrastar evaluating the HE6 , among which we find HP , Huawei , Netflix and even the CERN . Needless to say , not a hard drive to install on a desktop system , and although Western Digital did not reveal the official price per unit, imagine that must be higher than normal, because the injection of helium and sealed sealing made more complex production line . I also understand that there are scientists concerned about the current use of helium, but the design of the Ultrastar HE6 appears to be very efficient at that point , since a conventional tank enough to make ten thousand units.
In recent weeks , the only hard drives that have come into my possession are 2.5 inches. Obviously , fit a larger bay is a minor problem compared to the challenges facing the business environment, focused on a demand that is growing , and infrastructure to the limit . One or two hard drives do not cause major problems, however, when we speak of a hundred or more disks , heat, and energy storage density become critical parameters. In this case , less is more vital among manufacturers , and to achieve an ally comes directly from the periodic table: helium .
In September 2012, HGST (now under the wing of Western Digital) announced the development of hard disks injected with helium. This provides immediate benefits to the design , starting with an increase in the number of plates , from five to seven. HGST efforts materialized in the new Ultrastar HE6 , that with the help of seven courses can offer a capacity of six terabytes , retaining the traditional format of 3.5 inches. The Ultrastar HE6 is 50 grams lighter compared to similar drives , works at a lower temperature (between 4 and 5 degrees below average ) , Standby consumption is only 5.3 watts and generates 30 percent less noise . To this is added a "time average " between failures of two million hours , and five years official warranty .
There are already several very high caliber names Ultrastar evaluating the HE6 , among which we find HP , Huawei , Netflix and even the CERN . Needless to say , not a hard drive to install on a desktop system , and although Western Digital did not reveal the official price per unit, imagine that must be higher than normal, because the injection of helium and sealed sealing made more complex production line . I also understand that there are scientists concerned about the current use of helium, but the design of the Ultrastar HE6 appears to be very efficient at that point , since a conventional tank enough to make ten thousand units.
