HDD speed reduction?

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I'm using a fanless ITX setup as a media server. The noisiest part is
the HDD. I just wondered, is there any way to make the drive run slower
by software? Say 7200 -> 5400 rpm?

TIA, Dave
 
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D> I'm using a fanless ITX setup as a media server. The noisiest part is
D> the HDD. I just wondered, is there any way to make the drive run slower
D> by software? Say 7200 -> 5400 rpm?

there is acoustic management in some HDDs. it was controllable in older
models of IDE Seagate Barracuda, but now it's locked -- IDE models are more
silent, SATA models are less silent.

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Dave said:
I'm using a fanless ITX setup as a media server. The noisiest
part is the HDD. I just wondered, is there any way to make
the drive run slower by software? Say 7200 -> 5400 rpm?
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Nope, you need to start with a quiet drive. The samsungs are so quiet
that I generally have to put my hand on the drive to see if its spinning
and thats in a system which has very quiet cpu fan and power supply.
 
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??>> there is acoustic management in some HDDs.

RS> That only affects the head movement noise, not the rotation noise.

hmm, i don't remember hearing 'rotation noise'. HDDs are noisy when doing
seeks.
btw 10k rpm WD RaptorX is very noisy.

??>> it was controllable in older models of IDE Seagate Barracuda, but now
??>> it's locked

??>> IDE models are more silent, SATA models are less silent.

RS> Wrong. The interface has no effect on the noise.

Wrong. it's Seagate policy -- they want to promote their SATA product
claiming that it's faster, but certainly SATA don't show significant
benefits by itself. so, they did lock AAM settings -- they set PATA to
slower settings and SATA to faster (and more noisy). now you can see some
difference in benchmarks and say 'oh, that SATA is faster'.

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hmm, i don't remember hearing 'rotation noise'.
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His is a fanless media server, you may well
be able to hear the hard drive rotation in that.
HDDs are noisy when doing seeks.
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Plenty arent.
btw 10k rpm WD RaptorX is very noisy.
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Unlikely he's using one of those in that situation.

And he's saying its a 7200 rpm drive anyway.
Wrong. it's Seagate policy -- they want to promote their SATA product
claiming that it's faster, but certainly SATA don't show significant
benefits by itself. so, they did lock AAM settings -- they set PATA to
slower settings and SATA to faster (and more noisy). now you can see
some difference in benchmarks and say 'oh, that SATA is faster'.
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You dont know he has a Barra either.
 
Wrong. it's Seagate policy -- they want to promote their SATA product
claiming that it's faster, but certainly SATA don't show significant
benefits by itself. so, they did lock AAM settings -- they set PATA to
slower settings and SATA to faster (and more noisy). now you can see some
difference in benchmarks and say 'oh, that SATA is faster'.
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Actually, Seagate decided not to license the acoustic
management tech anymore so their newer models have it off.
 
I'm using a fanless ITX setup as a media server. The noisiest part is
the HDD. I just wondered, is there any way to make the drive run slower
by software? Say 7200 -> 5400 rpm?

TIA, Dave
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Thanks for your comments, everybody. Dave
 
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