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Hui-Hui Hu (hdesiato@cs.umd.edu) wrote:
: I've also got a new 2217S. My previous hard disk was a 120MB Conner IDE,
: so this was.. sort of a big jump. (I toasted my old data trying to back
: it up.. go figure how clever I am..) Anyways. My reactions:

: Sort of noisy, like a HardCard spinning.

	Yes, mine runs in my bedroom.  It's external.  I first thought it was
	the cooling fan.  Actually seems like a combination of both.  It is
	about as noisy as 4 other hard drives combined in my tower case.  Of
	course it is probably better insulated sounds-wise in the tower.

	Things do get warm inside the tower, one of the reasons why I opted
	for the external.

: Fast.

	Yes, that is true... very fast.  My main drive is 14ms, I think this
	one is 10ms.  Same as my 2210 which is also 10ms.

: Hot! (As in thermally.) Do I need a good fan or should I move it
: to an external enclosure? It sort of bothers me. It is well
: ventilated, though.

	Yes, they get warm, I have a 660, 1050 and now the 1750 meg models,
	all feature the Micropolis trademark when it comes to heat.
	I have replaced both the 660 and 1050 under warranty.  If I have to
	replace the 1050 again, I will put the replacement in an external
	enclosure as I will suspect heat at that point.  Average temperature
	overall in the case is 93-95 degrees.  Drives are quite warm.  The
	660 was replaced due to failure that was present from the start but
	not realized until a year went by, different reason than the 2210
	which died after 6 months.  Their warranty option ($50 brings a
	replacement) is quite good.

: No problems yet, and this is after pounding the hell out of it
: for maybe a week and a half.

	Sounds about like mine.

: I think now that I like the quiet cool of a low profile drive more,
: but the ~15 times storage is probably worth it.

	Since the 2217 is going for $999 price, not much can beat it for price
	vs capacity.  Noise can be reduced I suspect in an appropriate case.
	I may change the fan on my external -- as I suspect its not top grade
	in the quiet department.  I changed the fan on the front of the tower,
	and its much quieter, and cooler - I bought one from Digikey with
	around 30-35% more cooling.

: Still, I wouldn't mind trading for two low profile drives.

	Is that an offer?  Hmm interesting... Do you realize that you'd most
	likely pay 40% more for same capacity that way?
	
Steven
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