Protecting Hard Drives From Jackhammers

Faramir writes: "I need some help with a jackhammering problem. You see, construction is going on, oh, about 5-10 feet behind the wall of the lab I work in. Essentially right next to my head. And next to this wall I have a number of PCs and a file server with a bunch of nice SCSI drives. And I have no idea how long it is safe to leave them running." (Read more below.)

"I can look at the vibration tolerance specs for the hard drives (my main concern), but translating this into jack hammer vibrations is beyond my ken. Also beyond the manufacturer's tech support, as I suspected. Any clues? Suggestions? Thanks!"

Perhaps the same principles apply to protecting hard drives from loud music, but since heavy-duty laptops aren't much of a solution for holding a rack of SCSI drives, many of the options mentioned there might not apply.