Faster DiskDrives on the way thanks to new lubricant
This is a discussion about Faster DiskDrives on the way thanks to new lubricant in the Windows Hardware category; I'm not sure where this paragraph came from myself Both qualities are important for lubricant design. A computer's hard drive is polished to a mirror finish to create as perfect a surface as possible on which to record, retrieve and erase thousands of hours' worth of data over its lifetime.
I'm not sure where this paragraph came from myself
"Both qualities are important for lubricant design. A computer's hard drive is polished to a mirror finish to create as perfect a surface as possible on which to record, retrieve and erase thousands of hours' worth of data over its lifetime. A lubricant coating shields the disk from damage during contact with the head, which can fly back and forth across the disk dozens of times per second."
The last time I saw a head actually make contact with the media surface on an HD the platter was not in good shape and of course the drive was useless. This is called a head crash, typically the r/w heads fly across the surface of the drive on a cushion of air and at the high speeds of HD's now, 7200~15000 RPM a r/w head making contact would surely cause lots of damage
This aside it appears to be a good thing and of course using fluid-dynamic bearings helps out a lot too
"Both qualities are important for lubricant design. A computer's hard drive is polished to a mirror finish to create as perfect a surface as possible on which to record, retrieve and erase thousands of hours' worth of data over its lifetime. A lubricant coating shields the disk from damage during contact with the head, which can fly back and forth across the disk dozens of times per second."
The last time I saw a head actually make contact with the media surface on an HD the platter was not in good shape and of course the drive was useless. This is called a head crash, typically the r/w heads fly across the surface of the drive on a cushion of air and at the high speeds of HD's now, 7200~15000 RPM a r/w head making contact would surely cause lots of damage
This aside it appears to be a good thing and of course using fluid-dynamic bearings helps out a lot too
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