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To: Steven Plite <splite@purdue.edu>
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Subject: Re: quiet 7200rpm disk recommendations? 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 06 Mar 1998 12:27:34 EST."
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 10:03:53 -0800
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>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.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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