Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 00:52:56 -0800 From: mvanloon@MindBender.serv.net To: dg@root.com, splite@purdue.edu Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: quiet 7200rpm disk recommendations? Message-ID: <226EB39D3C91D111B2F900A0C90543832998@Lobotomy.HeadCandy.com>
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I bought an (Quantum) Atlas II 2GB Ultra-Wide a couple months ago. Let me state for the record that it is a seriously kick-ass drive. I'm talking 11MB/s sustained transfers on a newly formatted filesystem (NetBSD 1.3). Of course, I was probably on the outer tracks, but I was still impressed... And, it's pretty quiet, too. :-) Quieter than the older Atlas 1, and the older Barracuda in the same machine. > -----Original Message----- > From: David Greenman [SMTP:dg@root.com] > Sent: Friday, March 06, 1998 10:04 AM > > >Can anyone recommend a relatively quiet 2-4GB 7200RPM Ultra-SCSI > disk, > >suitable for office desktop use? I replaced a Barracuda 2LP (which > squeals > >like a pig on a dental drill) with an old 4GB Atlas (which sounds > like a > >blender full of gravel when it seeks), but I'd like something a bit > faster and > >quieter. > > The Atlas-II is fairly quiet; it doesn't make any squealing noises > and > isn't as loud at seeking compared to the Atlas. I wouldn't say that it > was anywhere near silent, however. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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