• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

The Sound of SCSI!

S

sharkeeper

Lifer
Evenin' Folks! 🙂

I finally got around to recording the sound of three x15 36LP drives in my main system. ALL fans (except a very quiet Pabst 80mm on the MC462) are OFF when this was recorded. The microphone was placed directly in front of the drive bay (between the dual 80mm fans in front) of the Lian PC70 case.

This sequence is the shutdown (power completely off) and the bootup (power back on) of the system. 99% of the noise comes from the hard disk. Observant listeners will also notice the floppy scan at both shutdown (NAC CE) and startup!

SCSI landing and takeoff

Music to SCSI lovers' ears! 🙂

Addenum: This sound was in no way boosted or equalised in any shape or form. If you turn it up to a reasonable level, this is what these disks would sound like in real life! They are quite LOUD, especially compared to ATA disks!

Cheers!
 
MIne are nto half that loud. i can hear the click but not hte rotation like that.

Those are kinda loud. no?
 
Several things to note.

Lian Aluminum cases are the worst for noise! The hard drive cage amplifies the noise like a horn! The mic is very close to the actual drives so it picks up more spindle motor noise. I tried recording it at five feet and it didn't sound nearly as strong! With the nice sound of it spinning up, what fun would that be? 🙂

Another remark about the Aluminum case! I'm really thinking of ditching it and throwing everything back in my Chenming case. It ran cooler, was 100% tooless and the side panels didn't rattle like a pickup truck with rocks in the hubcabs when listening to DVD playback with lots of LFE. Case is about 8 feet from array of 18" subwoofers but still!

Cheers!
 
It sounds like a vacuum cleaner. I guess I'm sticking to my 5400rpm IDE drive for now (no money for a proper 7200rpm atm). No scsi for me.

BTW, any noticeable speed increases when not installing progs, writing to disk, etc?
 


<< BTW, any noticeable speed increases when not installing progs, writing to disk, etc? >>



It varies in day to day tasks. Some normal things you need a stopwatch to time the difference. Other things it's like going from 33.6k to a T-1. Some things are just not possible with slower drives such as recording multi track audio. 15k drives allow 3x the amount of simultaneous tracks over a pair of 60GXP drives in ATA raid. Fast access time along with out of order execution and reduced cpu time account for this. For the average ho-hum windows home/SOHO user that uses MS Office and plays games, the drive is overkill; kind of like renting a 21' U-Haul truck to return half a dozen library books!

Cheers!
 
I wonder if sitting here on a Sunday afternoon listening to someone else's harddrives spin up makes me more of a geek.
 


<< I wonder if sitting here on a Sunday afternoon listening to someone else's harddrives spin up makes me more of a geek. >>


:Q
 
jacklutz wrote:

"I wonder if sitting here on a Sunday afternoon listening to someone else's harddrives spin up makes me more of a geek."

ROFLMAO 😀

I'm a geek!
 
I had an old 5 1/4" 80 MB scsi hard drive. I took it apart and filled the case with water. Should I record the sound it makes when I shake it?
 
Our old work server makes a horrid high-pitched whine with its SCSI HD. You notice it the most when it's booting and you have silence when suddenly the drive spins up and the noise is very evident. I definitely could not work on a continual basis with a machine as loud as that.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top