Monthly Archives: November 2013

Why Helium in Hard Drives Is Good for Business

Posted on November 10, 2013 by admin

The gas, typically used to fill balloons, is now being used in enterprise hard drives to boost storage capacity. Read more

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Swimming Storage: Helium Hard Drives Use Immersion Cooling

Posted on November 10, 2013 by admin

Western Digital’s HGST unit announced a new Helium-filled hard drive, which boosts storage capacity by reducing drag, since helium has one-seventh the density of air. This allows HGST to place spinning disks closer together, and pack seven disks into a … Continue reading →

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Helium-powered Hard Drive Lifts Storage Capacity to New Heights

Posted on November 10, 2013 by admin

HGST released a helium-powered hard drive that it claims has 50 percent more storage and uses 23 percent less power – all on a 3.5-inch device. Why Netflix is cheered by the new helium drives. Read more

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The Problem with (Affordable) Helium

Posted on November 5, 2013 by admin

If I had had space, I would have included a subtitle for this piece as follows: Things do not have to run out to become unavailable. So, now you have a general idea about the problem with helium. Read more

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Air Products Targets Helium Extraction from Naturally Occurring Underground Carbon Dioxide

Posted on November 5, 2013 by admin

At a time when both suppliers and manufacturing end-users of helium continue to face a critical supply shortage, Air Products, a global leader in helium production, continues to take actions to improve future supply reliability for its customers by “thinking … Continue reading →

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