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Who are we?
We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.
We are one. We are legion. And we're trying really hard not to forget.
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I think that's being amplified by the case. They do make more noise than most, but it's not actually all that loud. I have four in the server in my bedroom, and the fan, even at quiet low speed, is louder than the drives.
It's probably a matter of taste, but every one I've ever heard was absolutely not something I would want next to me on my desk while I was trying to focus.
I have 6 used Ultrastar drives in my case on my desk and never hear them but it might be more that my Fractal Design case keeps them quiet. Previously I had 9 WD white labels that I shucked and didnt hear them either though I did have a couple issues with the drives resonating in the case. That was fixed by tweaking some of the drive caddys slightly.