Helium-filled hard drives offer improved power efficiency and increased density compared to air-filled hard drives. But what's the failure rate like for these drives?

New helium-filled hard drives from HGST feature an increase in storage capacity of 40 percent and reduction in power consumption of 23 percent.

WDC's HGST unity announced helium-filled drives that ship next year. Great technology with a real bottom line benefit. Written by Robin Harris, Contributor Sept. 13, 2012 at 7:53 a.m. PT ...

Storage manufacturer HGST on Thursday demonstrated a helium-filled hard drive enclosure. This platform will let HGST design seven-platter drives in a standard 3.5-inch form factor.

Helium, though, is way less dense than air (about seven times less), so there’s a lot less resistance. That means the parts inside don’t have to work as hard, it uses less power, and the drive ...

Helium-filled hard drives have hit a new milestone with the first 10TB drive that uses conventional recording methods. The Ultrastar He10, from Western Digital subsidiary HGST, is not the first ...

The helium was not used before the war ended, Aubin says, but "they had thousands of cylinders filled, on the docks at New Orleans ready to be shipped to Europe in November of 1918, so it would ...