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In article <46otjg$1s9k@news.gate.net>,
Keith Hollister <keithh@gate.net> wrote:
>tls@cloud9.net (Thor Lancelot Simon) wrote:
>
>>They really are 
>>extraordinarily loud, but I actually intend to _use_ them, not _listen_ 
>>to them, so I could care less.
>
>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

The Atlases I have seem pretty quiet, and reasonably cool.  The Ultrastar 
DFHSes I have are quiet, but run rather hot.  I don't know about Fujitsu 
drives in that regard; I have a few 32550N 2GB Barracudas which run 
(modulo being in rackmount cases with huge huge fans on both sides) very 
cool, and are quiet enough that at least over the fan noise (not really 
so bad, with the case in question) I can't hear them seek.  For some 
reason, though, I always get lousy write performance with the Barracudas; 
I've noticed this several times.  Does anyone know if there's a mode page 
bit that might be mis-set for many applications by default?
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Thor Lancelot Simon                                               tls@cloud9.net
 
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