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- From: arthuro@rosa.nbr.no (Arthur N. Olsen)
- Subject: Re: Funny Quantum 240AT HD noise?
- Message-ID: <arthuro.20.721929044@rosa.nbr.no>
- Keywords: quantum hard disk
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- Organization: The National Library, Rana, Norway
- References: <1992Nov5.203049.20578@netcom.com> <Bxt9sr.Ms2@cs.vu.nl> <1992Nov16.144827.19571@utkux1.utk.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:50:44 GMT
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- >>>I just bought the Quantum 240 AT hard disk drive. It has an on-board
- >>>256K cache, supposedly, and is supposed to be blinding fast. I haven't
- >>>really gotten a chance to test its speed, but I have noticed that
- >>>even when nothing's going on, it seems to make a chukka-chukka-chukka
- >>>sound about every ten seconds.
- >>
- >>>Is this normal? Am I misinterpreting what I'm hearing? I didn't get
- >>>any docs with this drive (it came installed in a system I bought)
- >>>and I'd like to know what's going on. It's a little disconcerting
- >>>and I'm sure it's going to bother me when I'm trying to think.
-
- This is quite normal behavior for hardware cached drives, its just the
- onboard cache flushing every now and then.
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- Arthur N. Olsen Nasjonalbibliotekavd. i Rana
- Senior Executive Officer The National Library, Rana Norway
- Systems Development " The furthest north of any national
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