[lug] Noisy drives; was: Data integrity problems on new machine

[Scott A. Herod]

On the otherhand, when I was recently asked which of two major 
Linux PC builders I'd like to get my machine from, my decision was
based on the fact that my experience was that one had a drive that
sounded like a jack-hammer.

( To their credit, the machines they were showing at Linux World were
much quieter. )

Scott

Archer Sully wrote:
> 
> Gary Hodges wrote:
> >
> > My very limited experience tells me IBM drives are much quiter too.  I have two 18
> > GB drives in my PC.  One is a Seagate and the other is IBM.  I had to put the OS
> > on the IBM drive to keep my sanity.  That Seagate Barracuda is really loud.  Do
> > HD's have to make any sound when they are reading data, or do the companies build
> > that sound into the drives?
> >
> 
> Just like cars, the manufacturers know that disks are supposed to
> "sound" fast ;-).
> 
> I solved all those problems by locating my machines in the basement.
> 
> -- archer