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EEVblog #395 - World's Most Expensive Hard Drive Teardown

EEVblog · Youtube · 6 HN points · 2 HN comments
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What's inside a $250,000 1980's vintage IBM server hard drive used in banks?
1989 vintage Model 3390 mod2 1.89GB or 3.78GB
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_3390.html

Forum Topic: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-395-world's-most-expensive-hard-drive-teardown/

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I'm pretty sure that economics, not technology, was the hold up. Pressurized hard drives have been around for a long time, the halon filled IBM 3390 being a classic example [0]. Yes helium is more difficult to contain than halon, but it is a long solved problem.

[0] (eevblog #395) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjoWMA5d84

Which reminds me a teardown EEVblog did on 1980s 11" mainframe drive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjoWMA5d84
Jun 03, 2015 · 3 points, 0 comments · submitted by hharnisch
May 27, 2014 · 1 points, 0 comments · submitted by WestCoastJustin
Dec 11, 2012 · 2 points, 0 comments · submitted by kghose
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