Reply to post: Re: Helium?

Whoosh, there it is: Toshiba bods say 14TB helium-filled disk is coming soon

Alan Brown Silver badge

Re: Helium?

"I wonder how long mass produced HDDs will keep the helium in for?"

"At least the warranty period"

"And what will be the consequence of it leaking out?"

Increasing power consumption, slower access and eventually read failures due to the fly height of the heads being too high for reliable data.

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