noteworthy wrote:
] The migration to glass platters began in the last decade.
] Further explanation is at
]
] http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/op/mediaMateria
] ls.html
]
] Briefly:
]
] As technology advances, the gap between the heads and the
] platter is decreasing, and the speed that the platters spin at
] is increasing, creating more demands on the platter material
] itself. Uneven platter surfaces on hard disks running at
] faster speeds with heads closer to the surface are more apt to
] lead to head crashes. For this reason many drive makers began
] several years ago to look at alternatives to aluminum, such as
] glass, glass composites, and magnesium alloys.
]
] It now is looking increasingly likely that glass and
] composites made with glass will be the next standard for the
] platter substrate. IBM has been shipping drives with glass
] platters for several years ...

[ Huh. Learn something new every day! Thanks! -k]

RE: Ever seen a harddrive fail like THIS?