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Aluminum vs. glass hard drive platters: what difference does it make?

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mshan

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I just read that Hitachi is now using aluminum rather than glass hard drive platters.

What difference does this make in terms of data integrity and overall hard drive durability / reliability?
 
Originally posted by: Aeridyne
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nice comment..
anyway, one would think if it anything it improves overall data integrity/reliability etc because if not why would they do it eh...
 
I have no idea as to the benefits/drawbacks, but intuitively thinking, glass should have a much lower CTE than aluminum so I would think glass would be the preferred method as far head to platter tracking goes.

On the other hand, Al should be much more durable than a glass based material from a shock (dropping) standpoint. In addition, Al is probably much cheaper than using glass.

You win some, you lose some I guess.
 
Glass or ceramic has better dimensional stability than aluminum. But the newer aluminum alloys are good enough for 7200 rpm drives. I think you'll find that the 10k and 15k drives are going to continue to have glass or ceramic platters. And, of course, Al platters will be less expensive...

.bh.
 
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