Noise level with all four hard drive bays utilized
Hello!
I've finally placed my order on a Mac Pro (Early 2009) after spending a lot of time figuring out what CPU and memory options that would best fit my needs (for those interested 2x2.26GHz, 12GB, ATI 4870). What I didn't order was the hard drives...
I've read (for older Mac Pros?) that if you put in hard drives in all four bays, the system that previously was very silent becomes somewhat noisy (due to vibrations?) - can anyone confirm if this is true?
My plan was to add 4xWestern Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 32MB 1TB, and set up a software RAID. I heard suggestions that it would be better having only one hard drive in the Mac Pro and to add an external RAID that you could switch off if not needed.
My other alternate is to add SSD drives to lower any noise (and to make the system a bit snappier).
Anyway.. would be interesting to know if the system becomes noticeably noisier with additional hard drives (might only be relevant for older systems <= 2008)!?
Thank you for all your help!
Best regards,
Stephan
Got four of them in my first generation MP and it's quiet as a mouse. However, if you do not assure that the drive mounting screws are tight and the trays properly pushed in, then there's a hum that can be quite annoying. Newer generation MPs I've heard now have rubber dampers for the drive mounting screws that should eliminate the hum problem we've had in the first generation model.
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