Western Digital recently announced new data center HDDs that increase Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) capacity to 32TB and Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) capacity to 26TB. The company...
Drives like this are hermetically sealed with an inert gas like argon or helium on the inside. Even the presence of oxygen and nitrogen molecules can compromise the drive. If dust is getting to the moving parts of your hard drive, it’s toast no matter where it’s installed.
Most consumer drives are filled with atmosphere seperated by a very fine filter to prevent any dust particles entering. Helium drives are used to increase efficiency as there is less drag.
Just don’t put it in your bedroom. All those dead skin cells wouldn’t do good to it anyway.
Since when is dust a concern for hard drives??
I was talking about the server in general
Drives like this are hermetically sealed with an inert gas like argon or helium on the inside. Even the presence of oxygen and nitrogen molecules can compromise the drive. If dust is getting to the moving parts of your hard drive, it’s toast no matter where it’s installed.
Most consumer drives are filled with atmosphere seperated by a very fine filter to prevent any dust particles entering. Helium drives are used to increase efficiency as there is less drag.