Re: 4GB Drives: Who's better Seagate or Quantum

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From: Harvey Fishman
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 03:05

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In <46otjg$1s9k@news.gate.net> keithh@gate.net (Keith Hollister) says

> I'm looking for a quiet AV SCSI drive because I am going to use it in
> a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) in a studio. Noise is very
> important. I have already ruled out the Micropolis2 & 4 GB units for
> this reason. Can you guys give me some info on the Fujitsu, Barracuda
> and Atlas relative to noise and heat? The heat is an issue if I need
> to add additional fans. Thanks

My 'Cuda 4 runs hot but the major noise from it is drumming of the tower
case sides when the drive is doing active seeking.  It is quite a bit
quieter if I remove the wraparound skin from the tower.  Actually my old
Quantum PD1225S, which is not a particularly loud drive, makes a lot more
noise than the Seagate.  But noise in a drive is very much a property of
an individual drive though the curve does work around a design center.
But sigma is BIG on that distribution.

Harvey

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Subject: Re: 4GB Drives: Who's better Seagate or Quantum
Date: 26 Oct 1995 23:05:37 -0400
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