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Re:Modern HDDs have gotten somewhat better by EarthLaunch on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @08:04PM (#31843481)
Is it too hard to maintain vacuum? The comparison I can think of is a thermos, which I'm told uses a vacuum layer between the eg coffee, and the outside.
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Re:Modern HDDs have gotten somewhat better by invalidator on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @08:23PM (#31843622)
Vacuum won't work with current technology. The heads use air currents to fly a few nanometers over the platter. If you put a running drive in a vacuum chamber the heads will touch down and everything will be destroyed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_height

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