The HGST Ultrastar Archive Ha10 is a high-capacity hard drive that is packed with helium rather than regular old air. This is far more than just some gimmick -- the use of helium means a density that is about one-seventh that of regular air. This in turn means there is a lot less friction between internal moving parts, meaning less power is needed to drive the device. The bottom line is that these disks are now freed up to offer more storage space.
The Ultrastar Archive Ha10 offers 1 Terabyte of storage.It is equipped with shingled magnetic recording, which records data on overlapping rather than parallel tracks. This feature makes the drive particularly well suited towards active archiving duties rather than multiple-times-a-day uploads.
This drive's reliability, capacity and ease of use make it perfect for business and enterprise users.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Helium-filled Hard Drives
- Helium as a medium for storage disks
- Shingled Magnetic Recording
- Adoption of shingled magnetic recording technology for hard drives
- Active Archiving
- Increased focus on active archiving solutions using the Ultrastar Archive Ha10 drive
Where This Applies
- Data Centers
- Potential adoption of Helium-Filled Hard Drives by data centers
- Enterprise Storage
- Integration of Shingled Magnetic Recording technology in enterprise storage devices
- Digital Archives
- Use of Active Archiving for digital archives in various industries
