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jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik) wrote:
>In article <470pc4$b8k@panix.com>, fishman@panix.com (Harvey Fishman) writes:
>> In <phrDH6ouJ.4Dz@netcom.com> phr@netcom.com (Paul Rubin) says
>> 
>>> Seagate's 4 GB "desktop" drive is the Hawk 4 (ST15230), which is
>>> slightly slower and cheaper, and runs cooler because of its lower
>>> spindle speed of 5400 rpm instead of 7200.  I sold my ST15150
>>> recently because I didn't want to deal with cooling it, and I'll
>>> probably get an ST15230 soon.
>> 
>> The capability that generally causes a drive to use lots of power and thus
>> run hot is NOT spindle speed.  It is track-to-track seek.  It takes POWER
>> to accelerate the mass of the head assembly from rest and to decelerate it
>> back to rest and do both FAST.  Keeping something running at almost any
>> constant speed is trivial.
>
>	May I point out something obvious? Such drives run hot even when


Onother consideration with these large drives, unless they are on a server, is that 
they are very loud. I had the 4GB Quantum running under linux for a few weeks. I although
it certainly runs hotter than a normal drive, my main concern was the high pitched wine
it generated. In the end I had to trade it in for two smaller seagates (1GB hawks) which 
are a little quieter.  It was almost impossible to do any work in the same room, at least 
that was my impression. 
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