Martin Steigerwald said on Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:24:30 +0100


>Steve talked about using a monster spinning disk in his mail not for
>backup purposes, but for example for "/var" and "/home" I think, I bet
>for his workstation. My comment was related to that. I would not
>tolerate such a disk in my workstation nowadays anymore I bet.

Yeah, it's loud. Of course, I have about 6 fans spinning at full speed
constantly, which is the main component of my noise. I want everything
running cool in my computer, and for me (YMMV), 35 db or whatever isn't
the end of the world. Heck, I used to code 8 hours a night in a computer
room with bunches of Vaxes, PDP-11s, and full size suction controlled
reel to reel 9 track tape drives, and I lived to tell about it. Of
course I'm halfway deaf now. Was it that computer room, the 90db
factory I used to work in, or the rock concerts or the parties with the
stereo cranked up to 100db? I don't know. And of course being halfway
deaf makes it easier to put up with fan noise :-).

SteveT

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