[Gllug] Free: SCSI CDRom drives, plus caddy drives

[Chris Bell]

On Mon 28 Sep, Nix wrote:
> 
> On 27 Sep 2009, M. Blackmore outgrape:
> 
> > On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 12:41 +0100, Richard Jones wrote:
> >> Maxtor that still
> >> works."
> >
> > I've got an 8gb disk that is still in operation. Some escaped q&a
> > culling.
> 
> I just shut down two 72Gb 'enterprise-grade' SCSI disks, one 57Gb and
> one 10Gb IDE disk (the latter dating to, oh, 1997 I think: the former
> two were 2004). Said noisy RAID array was in my bedroom less than two
> metres from my head. (A rather bad choice of location, really.)
> 
> The new server is downstairs and is in any case *much* quieter. (A
> better case, with a door, speed-controlled fans, and a lower spin rate
> on the drives thanks to GreenPower. The power savings are nice but the
> noise reduction is *noticeable*.)
> 
> It has 4Tb in its RAID array. Fuck only knows what I'll do with it. I
> don't even *use* BitTorrent.

   I try to do fairly frequent clean-and-oil services which do help, but
some drives still emit a very annoying constant high frequency whistle. I
find that cotton wool ear plugs help me, but the vibration must be bad for
the drive.

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