[geeks] Opinions on the HP C3x00?

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 @ 14:21 -0600, Jonathan C. Patschke said:

> On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 nate at portents.com wrote:
> 
> > I'd assume they wouldn't pull that much, but I was more concerned I
> > guess with how loud they are (i.e. would you keep one running in a
> > bedroom overnight?)
> 
> A while back, I'd have said "yes", but back then I had an Octane in my
> bedroom.  A C3600 is, as I recall, a bit louder than I'd want while
> trying to sleep.

A lot of times the noise is the drives.

Is the C3600 loud because of the fans?

Even my little Sun SS5 screams, but its because it has those notorious 9GB
SCSI drives, which for some reason always seem to scream.


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