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

[metcalf at attglobal.net]

As for enclosures we've built some using hinged plexiglass lined inside with
"egg-carton" plastic foam.  That does a pretty good muffling job though we
never actually measured the difference, just noted that they sound much
quieter.  I wouldn't want to try this with a heat-generating machine but it
worked okay with P100's.

Norm Metcalf
Boulder CO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Pienciak" <walter at frii.com>
To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [lug] Noisy drives; was: Data integrity problems on new machine


> And morphing the thread slightly from loud hard drives to loud
> *systems* . . .
>
> I also have my hardware in the basement.  Unfortunately, that's
> also where I work.  And though I've never measured the decibel
> level, it's at best annoying.  And on bad days, I feel like nails
> are being driven into my ears.  (Well, okay, that's a slight
> exaggeration, but it's bad.)
>
> I've toyed with idea of enclosures, but never really saw anything
> on the market that was meant to deal with sound.  Anyone ever come
> across something like this?  Since a fair amount of the noise is
> from work systems (external drives, yukk), I might be able to get
> the company to spring for something.
>
> Walter
>
>
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