On 7/3/2013 9:03 AM, Jon Nelson wrote: > A quick google search shows the ST2000DM001 (which I have 2 of) *do* > make "chirping" or "beeping" noises. Additionally Yes, Seagate still makes some relatively noisy drives compared to others on the market. I had ST225s and ST251s in the late 80s that could be heard across a large room. All drives were noisy back then due to the use of stepper motors. Drives have used voice coil actuators since the early 90s, shortly after the IDE spec was adopted, which are an order of magnitude quieter. These are very old and thus a bit noiser, but not all that much: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYEkC7FBXa4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZMrwdQBVf4 But surely nobody would confuse this random mechanical drive noise for an audible alarm. And of course, with dirty power as in the OP's case, drives will make more noise due to the firmware doing constant recalibration of the heads as the spindle constantly drops below minimum RPM threshold and comes back up again when voltage increases. I think some people have simply become accustomed to ultra quiet drives that rarely make a peep, and when they do people get all nervous. -- Stan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
