[mythtv-users] 120GB Cuda At Best Buy for $99

[Edward Wildgoose]

Yeah, I saw the two acoustic notes under the tech specs.  Also,
www.storagereview.com gave it a real thumbs up as being nearly as quiet as
the V, so I didn't worry at first.  In actual fact when suspended the noise
isn't too bad, but it certainly isn't in the same league as the V.  I'm very
impressed with the Barracuda V - I have very little stuff which is HD speed
dependent, so whether it is faster, slower, etc than the rest is fairly
irrelevant, main thing is the noise.

I would be interested to hear if anyone tried the Maxtor 250Gb (or is there
even a 300Gb now?) drives, which I seem to remember were also 5400 rpm.
Sounds like a good myth drive...

Ed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Williams" <JeffW at rockstargames.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 5:24 PM
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] 120GB Cuda At Best Buy for $99


> After reading a bit more about this (no reason for me to do so except
curiosity, but I didn't want to give anyone bad info either), it seems that
there is no utility that can do acoustic management on the 7200.7.  This
strikes me as extremely odd.  I would bet the drive itself is fully capable
of acoustic management but the software currently available is not capable
of interfacing with the acoustic management feature of the drive.  Seagate
must have some internal software capable of doing it that allowed them to
get their test results.
>
> I would honestly not purchase a drive without being able to set the
acoustic management of the drive.  Apparently this is not the only Barracuda
model with this "problem".  Stick with Maxtor - the Diamondmax Plus 9's also
use fluid drives and I've never heard of one that couldn't have its
acoustics set.  I am not sure if other manufacturers have yet switched over
to fluid drives or not (standard motors generally have a whine, which can
get louder over time as the bearings wear out - fluid motors do not have
this problem).
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Edward Wildgoose [mailto:Edward.Wildgoose at FRMHedge.com]
> > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 11:16 AM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] 120GB Cuda At Best Buy for $99
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure about that.  I haven't tried for myself,
> > however, after a quick google I see the following article:
> > http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/seagatebarrst280011a/
> >
> > halfway down:
> > "According to Seagate Automatic Acoustic Management Utility
> > V1.01 and IBM Feature Tool V1.10, Seagate Barracuda 7200.7
> > drives DO NOT SUPPORT the asoucstic management mode. "
> >
> > Also, HDParm does NOT want to change the params on this drive
> >
> > Anyone else had a different experience with this drive?  So
> > far I am disappointed, I had ordered a Baraccuda V, but
> > neglected to check the packaging carefully before opening it...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Williams [mailto:JeffW at rockstargames.com]
> > Sent: 04 August 2003 15:55
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] 120GB Cuda At Best Buy for $99
> >
> >
> > There's probably an acoustic management function you need to
> > turn on.  Check Seagate's web site.  You can also do this
> > under Linux with hdparm, although I have never trusted this -
> > I'd rather use a utility provided by the drive manufacturer.
> >
> > This is also true of pretty much every other drive.  I've
> > found drive manufacturers to be inconsistent with how they
> > set their acoustic management depending on how they're
> > positioning a drive in the marketplace.  For example, I have
> > two Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9's - one of which purchased
> > retail, the other purchased OEM through Newegg.  The retail
> > version had acoustic management turned off on initial boot
> > and was extremely loud.  The OEM version had acoustic
> > management on and set to quiet.  Performance of all current
> > IDE drives is roughly the same given the same acoustic
> > management setting.  A drive set on "quiet" will perform
> > perfectly well for Myth...
> >
> > My Maxtor drives are both extremely quiet now with AM turned on.
> >
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