IBM Ultrastar 18LZX DMVS-09D 9.1GB (2000) - Hard Drive Sounds

[@TheTechTinkerer]

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!

[@JulioCesarRamirez-y7c]

Could you please shut your mouth thank you

[@retrotech123]

music to my ears

[@cdos9186]

So glad you covered one of these! They really feel state-of-the-art, especially for the time. These appear to be incredibly reliable, just as IBM stated. When executed right, it does prove that glass disk drives can indeed last longer. This was what the 75GXP should've been, a shame that the drive before those are the one's that ended up surviving. IBM definitely was on top of the ball game with drive innovation, at least I feel so!

[@XL-Tech]

That thing sounds great! Ball bearing 10K RPM drives are always the perfect amount of loud.

[@adinnugroho6544]

This is Lineup that currently under Western Digital. From IBM to Hitachi to Western Digital now

[@arpeas_jds]

IBM made amazing drives... right up until they didn't with their glass platter ones. Here's hoping this one keeps on working like it already has for a long time. BTW love the SuSE Linux boxes!

[@safety-999]

that was... the quitest hdd ever

[@Sva010]

did you mean wd black 😂

[@kennethmadsen6474]

Oh the memories

[@MyComputerStudios_]

Additional thing i'd like to mention is that the scaler's OSD still displays the resolution info, can you try disabling them?

[@bigbluebananabread]

Unfortunately not! It won't let me disable the OSD entirely sadly

[@eclause]

Hello thank you for your videos it's really great 👍🏻 I had a question in your collection what is the loudest SATA disk (it's for a personal project and I find the noise cool it gives a kind of retro side😊💾) and I would like to have a reference model for noise

[@bigbluebananabread]

Thanks for your comment, much appreciated! I think of the SATA drives I own, the loudest would either be a model from the Ultrastar 7K4000 series, or the Ultrastar 7K2000 series. If you're looking for something non-Hitachi, I recall the Toshiba MK1002TSKB (or MK2002TSKB) to be reasonably loud too. Generally, enterprise drives from the past 10 years are as loud as it gets for SATA drives, so I can recommend those! I don't have a video of the couple models I mentioned at the moment unfortunately, but I will upload them at some point in the future. I may be able to pull one out and compare it to a quieter drive with no amplification if you're interested (as an unlisted video, but I can't guarantee it'll be super quick to upload at the moment given my schedule). Thanks for the kind words too :)

[@eclause]

@bigbluebananabread Hi Thank you very much for your reply. No, I'm not in any hurry at all :) I'll take a look at the hard drives you suggest Yes indeed the DataCenter/Enterprise disks are the best candidates for noise (I must be the only one looking for noise lol)😅 Thanks again 🙂

[@bigbluebananabread]

@@eclause Best of luck with it! I'll try my best to get the ball rolling with this too, it's an interesting question too of course :)

[@thegeforce6625]

Nice video and drive! Just wondering, would there be any way to tweak your audio setup to be able to hear the head seeks more clearly? Can mostly hear just bearing noise now compared to previous videos

[@bigbluebananabread]

Cheers! Oddly enough I haven't changed my setup for this video, so it should be a similar profile. I'll check into it again, but to me it's pretty much how the thing sounds in person. Must admit, the bearings aren't great on this thing, which my mic likes to accentuate quite a bit!

[@bigbluebananabread]

@@thegeforce6625 As an addition, you've spurred me on to finally deal with my audio setup so it can improve 😉 My mic for a long time has been the bane of my existence for hard drives (dynamic, so it's really picky and positioning is terrible), so after the next month or so I hopefully will have a better solution going on. Thank you for your feedback as usual though. I really appreciate it!

[@thegeforce6625]

No worries! I’d personally use MBC9277’s and ANTEQUATED’s videos as a reference, they’ve somehow gotten the “mix” between head seeking and bearing noise down pat, when possible of course :D. (Also reminds me I need to up my audio game too, my recordings sound pretty crap in all honestly, there’s a few cheap ZOOM mics at a local op shop nearby, I’ll likely get one of those)

[@bigbluebananabread]

Appreciate it mate! I've always tried to compare and come to a good middle ground, but to be honest using this stage mic was my initial mistake with it getting to the point of the sunk cost situation... It'll never reach what I want it to be, so something new needs to happen! Not sure when, but not too far off I hope hahaha Must say though, recording hard drives itself feels like an art sometimes, can be so difficult to get to a good result. Depends on what you're listening back to it on too right?! Nightmarish. Would be curious how that zoom equipment works out for you! I've got an old condensor mic I'm going to try and use, although given it's a condensor it picks up every single noise about 10 miles away, so i have to figure that out. Keep me updated on your findings too! (Also via Discord!)

[@miku]

optimus prime

[@notsoseagatey]

What is a good capture card I can use fot recording? Also, can you plz cut the post time down just abit :)

[@bigbluebananabread]

I have to admit, I use the cheapest USB to HDMI adapter you can find on AliExpress! Should work well enough for capturing HDMI. I keep the POST time as-is to simply show a full "experience" from system boot up. For now, I don't intend to cut it.

[@AlanMars]

SSDs: 🗿😶🪨🔇📚🤫🤐🔕 HDDs: 🛫💺👨‍✈️👩‍✈️🏃🐎🛩️🎢