Comments on: HGST 8TB Drives: Helium Makes Them Fly https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hgst-8tb-drives-helium-makes-them-fly/ Cloud Storage & Cloud Backup Fri, 13 Aug 2021 11:59:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: shpankey https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hgst-8tb-drives-helium-makes-them-fly/#comment-325751 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 18:52:51 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=32631#comment-325751 I know it’s different for different companies, but at ours, it’s all about space and power. It’s almost insane to the degree we worry over space and power tbh. Upfront cost, while important, definitely takes a back seat.

]]> By: Eric Anderson https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hgst-8tb-drives-helium-makes-them-fly/#comment-308141 Sun, 22 May 2016 18:29:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=32631#comment-308141 Please add power consumed into the cost per gigabyte.

]]> By: KERR https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hgst-8tb-drives-helium-makes-them-fly/#comment-301801 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 05:54:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=32631#comment-301801 Do you have any read/write speed test results for this drive and others? Would be interested to see how they compare with non-helium drives.

]]> By: Franz Resch https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hgst-8tb-drives-helium-makes-them-fly/#comment-289421 Fri, 14 Aug 2015 14:58:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=32631#comment-289421 In reply to Kyle.

Kudos to Backblaze for coming up with an ingenious idea like that to take advantage of a Black Friday special. Especially if it helps to keep the cost of BB’s service down.

]]> By: Kyle https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hgst-8tb-drives-helium-makes-them-fly/#comment-288041 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:27:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=32631#comment-288041 In reply to Chris Moore.

You may not understand it, but that’s how it is. Here is one of Backblaze’s blog posts talking about how they ripped drives from external boxes because they are cheaper.

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/crowdsourcing-hard-drives/

]]> By: Chris Moore https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hgst-8tb-drives-helium-makes-them-fly/#comment-287951 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 17:42:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=32631#comment-287951 I love the technical info. Please be sure to post the results on the Seagate drive.

]]> By: Chris Moore https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hgst-8tb-drives-helium-makes-them-fly/#comment-287941 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 17:41:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=32631#comment-287941 In reply to Kyle.

I don’t understand why an external drive would be less expensive than an internal drive.
I can see how an external drive might be more reliable though.
Where is the post on this?

]]> By: Keith Schwerin https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hgst-8tb-drives-helium-makes-them-fly/#comment-287791 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:15:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=32631#comment-287791 I know this is an older post but.. the cost per GB is higher on the 8TB drives, but you need to also power two drives and then also cut your storage capacity in 1/2 to have the lower CpGB. If you want a drive with 80GB (lets just say Raid 0, despite the fact that’s dumb) you need 20 drives to house and power instead of just 10. Eventually the power output and cost to house the extra drives offsets the CpGB.

]]> By: Mark Wroblewski https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hgst-8tb-drives-helium-makes-them-fly/#comment-287231 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:58:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=32631#comment-287231 Hi Andy, any TCO figures to show whether the price premium for the HGST drives is offset based on lower energy costs?

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