From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Mar 6 14:31:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA03279 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 14:31:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from frmug.org (frmug-gw.frmug.org [193.56.58.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA03218 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 14:31:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by frmug.org (8.8.8/frmug-2.2/nospam) with UUCP id XAA11427 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 23:31:04 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.8/keltia-2.13/nospam) id XAA20114; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 23:10:50 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto) Message-ID: <19980306231050.A20106@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 23:10:50 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: quiet 7200rpm disk recommendations? Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199803061727.MAA09093@cynix.ecn.purdue.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.90.4i In-Reply-To: ; from Chris Dillon on Fri, Mar 06, 1998 at 01:18:40PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT ctm#4103 AMD-K6 MMX @ 225 MHz Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org According to Chris Dillon: > If you would consider a 5400RPM drive since it is only for desktop use, > the 4.3GB IBM DCAS 34330W (the Ultrastar 2ES I believe) is very quiet, > even when seeking (I have two of them in my box at home). Same opinion here. My two DCAS are very quiet and 9 MB/s is not too bad for 5400 rpms drives. They run rather cool too. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Mar 1 18:50:39 CET 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message