Re:Toshiba Unveils First FC-MAMR HDD: 18 TB, Helium Filled
by GeorgeTirebiter on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @02:35PM
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If there is leakage, I wonder how long it would be before the data could not be recoverable? Could one transplant the platters and 're-charge' the Helium? Or just somehow recharge the old disk? Because unless / until we get some cheap lots-of-bit storage, all the 'stuff' we're generating will not be, in effect, archivable. Is this right?
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Re:Toshiba Unveils First FC-MAMR HDD: 18 TB, Helium Filled
by foobarian on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @04:30PM
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Yay back to syringes and weird jigs and refilling our computing accessories with weird chemicals.
Re:Toshiba Unveils First FC-MAMR HDD: 18 TB, Helium Filled
by moonbug on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @03:05PM
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Dunno, but disks are consumable items - don't kid yourself otherwise.
Re:Toshiba Unveils First FC-MAMR HDD: 18 TB, Helium Filled
by jlokier on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @09:46PM
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I expect some drives to fail within 5 years, but I have many that still have data from much longer ago.
It would be a disconcertingly new phenomenon to find every drive in some old archival NAS failed simultaneously, or every one In a collection of external drives, because all drives last exactly 5 years with little variation, even when switched off, due to helium loss.