[OT] Fast and Quiet Harddrive

[Vu Pham]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org 
> [mailto:linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org] On Behalf Of Kurt Wall
> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:30 AM
> To: Linux tips and tricks
> Subject: Re: [OT] Fast and Quiet Harddrive
> 
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 08:55:41AM -0600, Vu Pham took 0 
> lines to write:
> > 
> > Currently I am using some 15K SCSI drives for my PC at 
> home. They are 
> > fast but pretty noisy, especially at night time.
> > 
> > Could anybody please recommend me some fast and quiet hard drives ? 
> > They do not have to be scsi.
> 
> My SATA drive has proven to be pretty quiet. You could also 
> try powering down the disks when they are unused; that might 
> quiet them down.
> 
When they are unused, normally I turn off the PC or it will go to standby
mode ( if I sleep over ). When I work at night the noise becomes very
annoying. 

I do some google and it shows the Raptor 74G SATA/150 is pretty fast. Are
they quiet ?

Vu