HGST balloons disk capacity with helium-filled 6TB drive

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HGST balloons disk capacity with helium-filled 6TB drive

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If they could just bump that up about 2x I'll be buying a few.
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6TB is still quite a lot. Though I'm curious at what its price point is. I'd still want to wait a bit to see how well the reliability plays out.
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It used to seem like a lot, but I've been over 6TB for a few years now. Though since I've got my movie collection pretty much collected, it's been a trickle since.
As with all hard drives, I wait a good 6 months or so to check reliability. I don't trust any of them though since all of my drives are mirrored.
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These are enterprise class drives so they are going to be VERY pricey. Not something for your home NAS.
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