Most high-capacity HDDs are Helium-filled nowadays. Now, I studied engineering physics, and although I did not specialize in anything vacuum/helium related, the one thing that stayed with me is that helium is darn near impossible to keep inside almost anything (mostly since it's a single-atom gas with a very low molar weight).
Harddrive manufacturers of course claim "Nth generation Helioseal!!1one!", but I'm a bit skeptical here: I know that if I pick up a 5- or 10-year-old HDD from the shelf, it'll likely work. How will that be with helium drives? Have they been around long enough for any of you to have gained experience with "depleted" drives?
There is a good chance that I'm being a Luddite here, but I'm curious nonetheless.
Harddrive manufacturers of course claim "Nth generation Helioseal!!1one!", but I'm a bit skeptical here: I know that if I pick up a 5- or 10-year-old HDD from the shelf, it'll likely work. How will that be with helium drives? Have they been around long enough for any of you to have gained experience with "depleted" drives?
There is a good chance that I'm being a Luddite here, but I'm curious nonetheless.