Quiet Enterprise Class HDDs
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Quiet Enterprise Class HDDs
Is there any such thing as a quiet enterprise class HDD? I'm going to need a couple of good, reliable drives for some upcoming builds. They'll need to store important data, and will be left on 24/7, in a business setting, so reliability is very important. Quietness probably not so much of an issue for the client, but it's an issue for me and I'm the one building them!
I assume that you're setting this client up with a RAID array, since you said that this will store important business data for them.
The first drive that I would recommend for this setting would be a Western Digital RE3 series, with a 5-year warranty. It is a 7200rpm drive, which isn't the greatest for silence, but I would consider them to be pretty quiet for an enterprise drive (very soft seeking noise, and some vibration reduction features). These are basically the same as the WD Black series drives, but with a few features tweaked for enterprise use - namely RAID arrays, involving timing and errors. I would never use a drive with less than a 5-year warranty for business (pretty much standard on enterprise drives, though).
The first drive that I would recommend for this setting would be a Western Digital RE3 series, with a 5-year warranty. It is a 7200rpm drive, which isn't the greatest for silence, but I would consider them to be pretty quiet for an enterprise drive (very soft seeking noise, and some vibration reduction features). These are basically the same as the WD Black series drives, but with a few features tweaked for enterprise use - namely RAID arrays, involving timing and errors. I would never use a drive with less than a 5-year warranty for business (pretty much standard on enterprise drives, though).