Quiet SCSI drive?

[Biggs]

Is there such a thing(Does SCSI and quiet mate well in the same sentence)?

Is the quietness of the Seagate 'Cuda IV untouched by the current 7200rpm SCSI standards?

 

[Sundog]

Maxtor Atlas 10K III

 

[bacillus]

I'm hugely impressed on how quiet the cheetah x15 lp is!

 

[dpopiz]

no such thing....maybe if you get an x15, you'll go deaf and that would be....sort of like quiet

 

[Goosemaster]

Actually, I agree with Sundog...the QUantum(Now MAxtor) drives are REALLY quiet....

I have the 10KII and it is awesome..the 10kIII is even better...

It is ultra320 Certified

 

[Sundog]

<< no such thing....maybe if you get an x15, you'll go deaf and that would be....sort of like quiet >>



Not true at all. The original X15 was loud, the X15-36LP is much quieter.


I am running both the X15-36LP and the Atlas 10K III. Neither has high pitch whine. The X15-36LP has low search noises, the Atlas 10K III is the quieter of the 2 drives.

 

[rockhard]

No SCSI HD's are quiet IMO. If the motor noise is quiet then you will still get stung with the head seeking noise :/
My Maxtor Atlas III's are fairly quiet in the motor department, but once they get seeking you aint going to be sleeping if its in the same room Also theres a resonance about them that niggles me.
If you want the reliability of SCSI you could do what ive done and IDE raid 1 all your rigs with quiet (fluid bearing) HD's and just replace them every 18 months or so.
I try not to keep IDE HD's for too long as ive had such bad luck

 

[Sundog]

<< My Maxtor Atlas III's are fairly quiet in the motor department, but once they get seeking you aint going to be sleeping if its in the same room >>


Interesting, my 73GB Atlas 10K III does not exhibit the symptoms you describe at all.

 

[xylem]

FUJITSU MAN series drives are supposedly very quiet, as reported by THG.

 

[rockhard]

<< Sundog >>

- Maybe your usage is different to mine?
I have several apps hitting a single drive constantly reading and writing small files and none of them are what i would call quiet in the seek department I guess im more touchy than you maybe?
Though when i suspend all my network and theres no disk activity then yeah, theyre quiet i guess.

 

[Sundog]

<< Maybe your usage is different to mine? >>


Yeah, I have 65GB of pr0n.:Q


















j/k the wifey would kill me!:Q

 

[rockhard]

LOL!
If you ever change your mind on putting up the front of only joking to protect the missus from your habit a linky to your ftp be sweet

 

[BD231]

If you ever change your mind on putting up the front of only joking to protect the missus from your habit a linky to your ftp be sweet

lol

 

[bacillus]

Sundog, is it the wifey's pr0n then??

 

[Sundog]

<< Sundog, is it the wifey's pr0n then?? >>




<< If you ever change your mind on putting up the front of only joking to protect the missus from your habit a linky to your ftp be sweet >>



ROFLMAO!!! If I had 65GB of pr0n, do you really think I would be spending my time on Anandtech?:Q