[ltp] Re: New hard disk for X31?

[Donald B. Altman]

Hello,

A follow-up on my earlier posting...

I've now installed and used the 100G Hitachi drive.  The sound level, from all
that I can hear, is the same as the 60G drive that was OEM on my T42p.  While
I can hear disk access, it's not loud, and it's unperceptible in my office with
the typical ambient noise of a few cooling fans on various printers, etc.

If anything, access seems faster than the older drive.  I don't know if that's
because it's a higher data density or that I upgraded my OS (Suse 9.3 to 10.1).
There's a significant speed-up in my slower apps, one of which is a large Java
program.

Good luck,

Don A

** Reply to message from Michael <auslands-kv@gmx.de> on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:46:47 +0200

> Hi Michael,

> I have a T42p.  Just today I took delivery of a Hitachi 7K100 100GB 7200 RPM drive.
> Once I install it, I can send you my impressions of the sound level compared with
> my current 60G disk.

> If the manufacturer slipstreams ECOs into their manufacturing, you might find that
> your experience with the drive is based upon the date or location of manufacture, too.

> Good luck,

> Don A

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Donald B. Altman
Singular Technologies
Croton-on-Hudson,  NY