On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 11:19:11AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > On 2/21/25 11:03, Henning Follmann wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 09:29:32AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > > On 2/21/25 07:11, Dan Purgert wrote: > > > > On Feb 21, 2025, Frank Guthausen wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 05:07:10 -0500 > > > > > gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > [...] > > > So are spinning rust when it only lasts 2 weeks. Seacrate has sold me the > > > last drive they'll ever sell me. Shingled, helium filled, 2T drives, > > > doomed > > > when the helium escapes. They just disappeared off the end of the sata > > are you sure? If I remember correctly Seagate Helium drives are all 10T and > > up > > > > That was 2+ years ago, and 2T's were brand new.
Sorry I think you get things mixed up again. The first Helium filled drive from Seagate (or HGST) was announced over 10 years ago. At that time you already had 2T on the market for long time In fact I have a 2T right here (just decommisioned) The date says 2016. Since I tend to buy $cheapest/byte that should tell us in 2016 were very affordable and most likely not fresh on the market. [...] > Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET. > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > -- Henning Follmann | hfollm...@itcfollmann.com
