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Hard Drives Evaluated for Noise, Heat and Performance

Posted by michael on from the burning-issues dept.

Sander Sassen writes "Ever wondered what harddisks offer the best combination of performance and low noise? Hardware Analysis evaluates all recent 5400 and 7200-rpm harddisks and focuses on noise, heat production and overall performance. Their results show that 7200-rpm spindle speed is no guarantee for high-performance and that low-noise and high-performance is not an impossible combination with some harddisks."

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  1. linux beowulf cluster and IBM harddrives by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Troll

    I am Linux sysadmin and run a beowulf cluster of computers with 7200 rpm IBM harddrives. These harddrives tend to create a lot of noise in the server room and so my remedy was to use a microphone and speaker-based linux solution to cancel the sound with a inverse of the loud hum. This system works efficiently and I have released my program controlling the speaker via the microphone under the GPL. .5 dB is now heard as opposed to 5 to 15 dB

    - by the pope, popewax.com