Don't buy IBM unless you want a crash - get...

Posted by Halcy (A) on March 14, 2002 at 23:52:20

In Reply to: Noisy hard drive solutions posted by Bob S on March 14, 2002 at 05:22:28:

... Seagate Barracuda ATA IV (7200 rpm, any size is ok). Read down to find out why...

IBM has had *serious* QC issues with the last three generations of GXP drives, including 60GXP, 75GXP and even the recent 120GXP.

If you don't believe me go to hard drive professional users forum at www.storagereview.com and you'll find hundreds of horror stories with consistenly failing drives.

IBM doesn't even recommend keeping the drives on all the time, so for constantly "on" devices it would be a bad idea to use an IBM GXP drive.

Also, the IBM drive of current are neither silent nor do they run cool.

If you want the coolest (least warm) and most silent ATA/IDE drive right now, you get:

Seagate Barracuda ATA IV

This has been consistently tested as as the most silent 7200 rpm ATA drive now on the market (including Fujitsue/Samsung fluid bearing type drives). Also, it is amont the least warm of the bunch.

cheers,
Halcy

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Topic - Noisy hard drive solutions - Bob S 05:22:28 03/14/02 (14)

Thanks for the suggestions--How about Marigo Tuning Dots... - Bob S 05:08:12 03/15/02 (1)

For dampening, try rubber washers on the drive mounting screws... - Dubious 14:00:05 03/15/02 (0)

Don't buy IBM unless you want a crash - get... - Halcy 03/14/0223:52:20 03/14/02 (1)

Seagate had much worse records and so did connor(nt) - E 13:16:39 03/15/02 (0)

7200 or 501? - Alex Yakovlev 17:13:17 03/14/02 (0)

Re: Noisy hard drive solutions - tao29 15:17:57 03/14/02 (0)

Re: Noisy hard drive solutions - MylesJ 14:42:54 03/14/02 (0)

Re: Noisy hard drive solutions - Beowulf 13:21:43 03/14/02 (0)

Re: Noisy hard drive solutions - Quest 09:33:26 03/14/02 (5)

No, a faster drive is not a good solution! - MozartRules 12:46:02 03/14/02 (4)

No. that is not true. Do what Quest said. - Swingline 14:09:14 03/14/02 (3)

Actually both rotational speed and bearing construction matter - Halcy 23:58:45 03/14/02 (2)

OK, we agree, you can get a new, fast, quiet drive. - Swingline 14:43:54 03/15/02 (1)

Depends on what you call 'quiet' - Halcy 09:42:52 03/19/02 (0)

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Don't buy IBM unless you want a crash - get... - Halcy 03/14/0223:52:20 03/14/02 (1)

Seagate had much worse records and so did connor(nt) - E 13:16:39 03/15/02 (0)

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