Drive sounds

[Jacques]

So i have two 15k Worldisk (Fujitsu) 36gb drives in my O2. When I power the machine on and let the drives spin up they will start to make a ‘whoom-whoom’ sympathetic vibration humming sound as the revolutions of the two drives are near, but probably not 100% identical. Each drive on it’s own is perfectly fine. Any fix for this? (I doubt it).

i don’t really want to invest in any more scsi drives. I do have a 146gb seagate but it gets blistering hot! I would just pull one of the drives but it has most of my application archives.

 

[Elf]

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[Jacques]

Keeper of the beat huh? I’ll try some foam tape instead of the screws.

 

[Jacques]

Another question - I have a spare 10k 18gb drive that is a bit quieter, Compaq brand but I’m not sure Compaq made scsi drives. One of ICs on the back is Agere Seagate, is there a way to find the original brand / spec of the drive?

…and I remembered - the 146gb Seagate committed suicide by seizing up from heat.

 

[Elf]

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also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
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and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

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[Jacques]

Can't find anything about the model number (BD01864552), but I suspect it's a Seagate. Was really only after the access time and bearing type.

 

[Elf]

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also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
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and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

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[Jacques]

So my love hate relationship with scsi drives and the noise continues. I have several quiet IDE drives, is there a way to run an IDE drive in an O2? I’m not after lots of speed, just quiet. I think a scsi2sd might be a bit too slow?

 

[Irinikus]

Maybe it would be a better idea to hook up a heavily dampened external SCSI drive? (This would of course require a heavily customised external enclosure!)

Is there not maybe a way for you to run it diskless? (Over a network?)

 

[Elf]

Edit: With apologies, I no longer wish to have involvement with SGUG or SGI communities in general,
and have also chosen to remove all of my content. Many things have changed since I co-founded, named, and ultimately
then left SGUG. There are many good people around, to whom I apologize for frustrating by removing these things, and
also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
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and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

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