Inert Gas Data Center Fire Protection and HDD Damage

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Inert Gas Data Center Fire Protection and Hard Disk Drive Damage
Roughly around 2007, reports started to surface saying that HDDs were damaged during gas discharges from Inert Gas Fire Suppression Systems. Since then there has been significant speculation and misinformation as to what the cause of failure is, so we should identify what is not the cause to clear up the confusion.