The difference between a helium hard drive and a regular hard drive

Mondo Digital Updated on 2024-01-30

A helium hard drive is a type of hard drive that uses helium as an internal filling gas, which has the advantage of greatly reducing the distance between the discs and bringing them closer to each other, thus increasing the capacity of the hard drive. In addition, helium hard drives have the advantages of better performance, lower power consumption, and lower noise. Compared with ordinary hard drives, helium hard drives can have a larger capacity in the same volume, and their performance is also more stable. In addition, because helium hard drives consume less power, they also have better heat dissipation, which can reduce failures due to overheating.

The main differences between helium hard drives and ordinary hard drives are reflected in the following aspects:

1.Internal Filling Gas: The gas inside a helium hard drive is helium, while the gas inside a normal hard drive is air. Helium is less dense than air, so helium hard drives can reduce the gas resistance inside the hard drive, which is conducive to maintaining high-speed and stable operation.

2.Performance: Because helium is less dense than air, the gas resistance of the platter is small, so the helium hard disk can maintain high-speed and stable operation. In terms of speed and stability, helium hard drives are better than ordinary hard drives. In addition, the random read/write and sequential read/write performance of helium hard drives is also better than that of ordinary air hard drives.

3.Power consumption: Helium hard drives consume less power than air hard drives at the same speed. At the same power consumption, helium hard drives have better transfer performance than ordinary hard drives.

4.Noise: Helium disks emit noise regardless of whether they are in the read or write state, while ordinary hard disks are generally only relatively noticeable when reading and writing.

5.Capacity: Because helium hard drives reduce gas resistance, more discs can be added to the same air, so helium hard drives can have more capacity than ordinary hard drives in the same volume.

To sum up, helium hard drives are better than ordinary hard drives in terms of performance, power consumption, noise, etc., and have larger capacity and higher performance. However, due to the high technology and manufacturing costs of helium hard drives, their ** are also relatively high. Therefore, when choosing which type of hard drive to buy, you need to make a decision based on your needs and usage Xi.

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