HGST balloons disk capacity with helium-filled 6TB drive

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 11:01 pm

http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... 6tb-drive/

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 9:18 pm

If they could just bump that up about 2x I'll be buying a few.

ZYFER · Post by **ZYFER** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:56 am

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.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:57 pm

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.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 10:33 pm

These are enterprise class drives so they are going to be VERY pricey. Not something for your home NAS.