Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 18:41:29 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: quiet 7200rpm disk recommendations? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980306183654.408A-100000@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <19980306231050.A20106@keltia.freenix.fr>
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On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Ollivier Robert wrote: > 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. Oh yeah, did I mention they were fast and ran cool? ;-) They are indeed fast drives, for only spinning at 5400RPM. I use the two I have in a striped ccd configuration and have managed about 15 or 17 MB/sec according to bonnie (this is off the top of my head and I forget which test it was). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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