[LAU] Which SATA drive? Size? [Was: Re: partition table]

[Arnold Krille]

On Sunday 26 December 2010 11:09:00 Brent Busby wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2010, Ivan K wrote:
> > I was surprised to hear that so many people write their audio files to
> > a second drive.  I always thought that most audio people preferred as
> > few drives as possible in a system to keep noise down.
> 
> SATA drives make almost no noise.  You'll get more noise from your
> processor and power supply fan than you ever will from even five or six
> SATA disks.

While that is true in general, the disk directly attached to the pc's main 
frame will produce a lot of low frequency noise from resonances. I found some 
drive-bays at reichelt that work without trays and have all the inner parts 
with the hdd attached via shock-absorbers. Definitely worth its 21€...
http://www.reichelt.de/?ACTION=3;GROUP=E66;GROUPID=733;ARTICLE=91887;SID=2892ic8awQARwAAEpCWQke96457b63f521ffeea99e7480a588420

Have fun,

Arnold
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