Seagate Technology introduced its first “helium” storage based on hard disk capacity of 10 TB. It is made in 3.5-inch form factor and is designed for use in enterprises and data centers.
Recall, using helium, by seven times lower density than air, allows to increase the density of the plates, to increase capacity and reduce power consumption.
The drive utilizes a SATA interface for 6 GB/sec and also available in a version with SAS 12 Gbit/sec. Winchester has seven plates and fourteen heads. The MTBF is 2.5 million hours.
At the moment a new hard drive Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD 10TB supplied to selected partners of Seagate.