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Western Digital UltraStar HDD Noise Level Test
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@EcchiBANZAII-desu 3 жыл бұрын
What you should do is, separate your talking from the video, and place the hdd on something that actually resonate to simulate a regular NAS with it's limit sound proofing. Amplify the volume during the test, and have a regular hard drive that is common as a base you have that you jump between during those tests. Because as it is now, the volume is too low to hear the hard drive, and you're WAY too loud so all these videos does are making my ears hurt when you start talking mid-test over and over. Here's how audio should be for the HDD tests. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ertde8R2nJjQg58.html No talking, no loud noises unrelated to the HDD itself.
@nilsfrahm1323 Жыл бұрын
(sorry about comment on a 2yr old video). To test hdd noise, you need to test with many small files, above 500KB, as very small files are kept in NTFS file table. Large files only cause seeks when saving name and attributes in MFT, then it will keep writing on continuous area. It would help if you can fragment the drive, fill it first with small files, remove some of them, then write other files. Ensure you have quite small amount of free space, to force it to seek areas which are free. Nowadays hdds are large, so it has plenty of free space, which helps keep fragmentation quite low.
@geertschoonbeek1779 Ай бұрын
Thank you. This noise (ticking) test was helpful. So Enterprise drives make more noise. . .
@heh2k 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds extremely quiet; very soft sounded, no upper mid-range seek or spin noise.
@johnmarks714 3 жыл бұрын
After seeing your youtube, I decided not to return my Western Digital 14TB Ultrastar DC HC530. I observed similar to what you showed with the HC330. Makes loud thumping noises at first and then gets quieter eventually. In general, it's pretty quiet except for when I was doing two long R/W operations simultaneously. You could definitely hear it. #1 Moving 3.5 TB from one external drive to this Ultrastar. #2 Moving 40 GB of data from one folder on this Ultrastar to another on this Ultastar.
@nascompares 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your insight and for your feedback on the content John. Appreciated
@leihejun844 2 жыл бұрын
HC300 Series is air-filled, HC500 series is helium filled. from 12tb and above are quiet.
@ypierro 2 жыл бұрын
I like the gruffy sailor style - you should have a window with some Irish lighthouse background !
@y0LAs_ 3 жыл бұрын
I bought an 8TB Ultrastar DC HC320 and it makes a much louder noise when reading or writing, not every time, but for example when Windows decides to scan it for some reason, it's really obnoxious, I suppose it's how it is supposed to be after finding a video recording the noise I am referring to, but I thought so badly that the drive was dying that I formatted it and started to make my warranty work... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sJORh9mH1JudpI0.html I'm sharing all this because as a complete ignorant in NAS drives, this video comforted me in my fear that my drive was not working as intended to and with the regular clicking noise that Kuuki Yomenai described in the comments of your present video, I thought it was going to fail me very soon.
@playloud90278 2 жыл бұрын
Would you be able to compare this drive with one of the "helium" UltraStar drives? Particularly in the idle noise levels?
@william123267487 2 жыл бұрын
Your videos help me a lot! thank you!
@sunny3560-e6y Жыл бұрын
I just got HC530 14TB drive and it is definitely quieter than my old HITACHI 2TB drive
@danstenis660 2 жыл бұрын
Western digital specification states noise level at idle is 20 decimal, and is 36 decibel while operating. However, the 16 TB UltraStar DC HC550 also makes klunking movement noise about 45 to 50 decibels once every 5 seconds 3/4 of the time, and once every 10 seconds 1/4 of the time. This noise is way too loud when sitting within two feet of the hard drive. Personally I think it is just too loud being within 5 ft of the hard drive. Is this repeating noise once every five or 10 seconds present in all of Western Digital internal hard drive. Which hard drive series has this noise and which doesn't?
@joehuds0n 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, the clunking every 5 seconds! I have those 16TB Ultrastars. Just the whirring would be fine, but the clunking is fairly distracting. Does the WD Red Pro do the same I wonder?
@danstenis660 2 жыл бұрын
@@joehuds0n And how noisy is the Red Pro? Would it be bearable when sitting 2 feet from it?
@firecatflameking Жыл бұрын
@@joehuds0n The clunking sound is caused by preventative wear leveling. Most WD drives seem to have this feature. Just tested a HC550 and I will be returning because of the clunking.
@cylais3518 Жыл бұрын
Never had a noise problem with my red pro. It's quiet enough even when writing data
@danstenis660 Жыл бұрын
@@cylais3518 I have a very good hearing and can hear very high pitch sound all the way to 20,000 Hz. Can you hear any high pitch sound at if you are within 2 feet away from the Red Pro hard drive?
@justjasonable 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, this is very helpful.
@mosesmaximiliano3111 3 жыл бұрын
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@quentinlucca6271 3 жыл бұрын
@Moses Maximiliano I use FlixZone. You can find it on google =)
@kuukiyomenai440 3 жыл бұрын
Bought an Ultrastar DC HC310 6TB (HUS726T6TALE6L4) and what I find alarming is the random vibration pulse it generates every second during idle operation without any read/write activity. Is this normal for Enterprise HDD?
@nascompares 3 жыл бұрын
I am afraid so!
@johnmarks714 3 жыл бұрын
@@nascompares Thats the other thing that freaked me out. Why does it do that?
@recklesflam1ngo968 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnmarks714 As far as I know, pretty much all modern Western Digital drives have some sort of anti-wear technology which causes the annoying regular thumping sound. Just found this out when I got my WD Black 4TB yesterday :/
@johnmarks714 3 жыл бұрын
I bought this ultrastar and put it in a Fideco enclosure. Kept making a loud thumping sound. Didnt realize these are louder than usual desktop drives.
@nascompares 3 жыл бұрын
Yep - I swear I a like the ONLY PERSON on KZfaq that talks about how noisy enterprise/pro class drives are. I eventually made these noise test videos JUST to prove what I was saying for years! Thank you for watching (and listening of course).
@timmy7201 2 жыл бұрын
Is the thumping sound only when under load, or also while idling? I'm in kind of a weird situation, having my storage server located in my parents work from home office, whilst I'm living right next door in my own house connected trough a 2.5Gbps Ethernet cable. My parents house has solar panels, so that's why the server is located in their house as it's powered on 24/7. The setup currently has 6x3TB WD-reds in raid-6, but sadly the storage is almost completely filled and some drives are nearing 8 years of age. I was wondering if it would be bearable for my parents (noise wise) to replace all 6 drives with 6 new 18TB Ultrastar DC HC550 disks. My disks are mostly idling during the work hours of my parents, it's mainly when their office is empty during the evening and weekends when I'm using it that the system reaches peak loads. I don't think my parents would mind a constant humming noise from those drives, yet a constant thumping sound would get my dad annoyed rather quickly. Any opinion or experience with multiple drives and the thumping sounds during idle times?
@dharkbizkit Жыл бұрын
when its about hdds, the biggest factor for me is reliability. and thats something you can rarely predict or test in a short term. HDD are the single most breaking point in my computers, since i started with my first pc in 1997. i had Hdds like the WD green 2tb that i bought in 2010, that lastet for 40.000 hours, and wd black, that went dead after just 9.000. and i know, its the mantra and its good practice to backup, but buying stuff redundant, in case one fails, should be the overall end solution here. especially not, if you need like 14tb of space, which then dobules the already high price. what iam looking for, is a 12-14 tb data grave hdd, that gets like 1-10 gb of data written on it week and that will last for at least 6 years with 12 hours on time per day. ye, i know, you can never be sure.. and thats the part i hate
@diuco17 3 жыл бұрын
Hi. I was wondering... Has reliability evolved on air-filled ultrastar hdds since hitachi was acquired by wd? For example, is a dc hc 300 series just a more dense evolution of the 7k3000 or have they changed on other ways and become more reliable than the old drives were? Thanks.
@dracoflame3921 3 жыл бұрын
I recently setup 8x 4tb hgst sas drives in raid 6. I wanted to check of the sound they made was normal or drive failure since they are used drives. And im new to sas drives. They get pretty loud spinning up together
@joehuds0n 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. Are there any CMR 16TB NAS suitable drives that don't make that clunking sound every 5 seconds?
@baumstamp5989 2 жыл бұрын
what are these regular dull bang sounds? i never heard this from a disk. i know "clicky/screechy" seek sounds and "clacky" write sounds. but this "boom ...... booom ...."
@t0uchme343 Жыл бұрын
I looked at your other videos, is it safe to assume the exos drives by Seagate are the least noisy of the nas drives?
@danstenis660 2 жыл бұрын
In regard to the Western digital ultrastar DC HC550 16 TB, idle and operating noise level is actually higher than what is state in the specification. And most irksome of all is the high pitched whiny noise it makes. Personally the 16 terabytes UltraStar is just too noisy to be used in a personal computer especially when sitting within several feet from the hard drive.
@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx 2 жыл бұрын
I want to use once of these ultrastar hard drives on my PC which already has 2 HDDs will 8tb model be too noisy?
@danstenis660 2 жыл бұрын
@@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx Ultrastar line of drives have the same acoustic specification. So they are probably equally noisy.
@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx 2 жыл бұрын
@@danstenis660 I see thanks for your input, if you don't mind you seem experienced so i want to ask you HUS728T8TALE6L4 vs ST8000VNZ04 which should i go for? or maybe give your own suggestion?
@danstenis660 2 жыл бұрын
@@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx WD Ultrastar vs Seagate IronWolf HDD. Ultrastar are enterprise class, whereas IronWolf are in the NAS class, which is a tier lower the the enterprise. So in terms of durability, the Ultrastar are more durable. But enterprise HDD are also noisier because they are meant for performance on a server rack instead of being meant for personal use, next to our ears in a PC. So it comes down to what you want, durability vs lower noise. However, I couldn't even find data sheet for ST8000VNZ04. So it could be a discontinued model. Beware of discontinued products. I would stay away from them.
@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx 2 жыл бұрын
@@danstenis660 You're so kind thank you so much Then Ultrastar it is 👍
@qualitycertifiedbass 2 жыл бұрын
Hey, thank you for your video, I was thinking to buy this drive but I will just let go. I need 14-16tb drive for my HTPC for videos, can you recommend me quite drive?
@user-xu6xf4el1e 11 ай бұрын
What kind of box did you use for this test?
@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx 2 жыл бұрын
Can i use something like this in my gaming PC i already have two normal HDD's nothing special will this be noticeably louder?
@looks-suspicious Жыл бұрын
This test is very flawed because the drive obviously isn't fully decoupled from your desk. I've watched your Seagate Exos video to compare the two and the Exos was decoupled 100%, not transferring any vibrations. The Ultrastar probably vibrates harder even when it's idling, and some of that energy goes into your desk, creating a loud low frequency hum. I know this noise very well from using my own USB dock, that's why I've put lots of foam padding under it.
@emeljivaljdali1510 3 жыл бұрын
Can I use HC330 as external HDD in generic SATA enclosure (3.5" powered USB 3.0 case)? I'd like to use it for a cold usb storage, as an archive.
@rysterstech 3 жыл бұрын
You can, but a wd blue 5400 or a wd red would work alot better for you because it would cost less and would work just fine as an archival drive.
@heh2k 2 жыл бұрын
Is this a SATA or SAS drive.
@kicaj741 3 жыл бұрын
well, sounds quite loud in idle
@nascompares 3 жыл бұрын
Yep - these are gonna be noisy pretty much the whole time. You can view ALL the noise tests, along with drive pros and cons here in this article - nascompares.com/2021/02/16/best-hard-drives-for-nas-get-it-right-first-time-2021-edition/
@MrPacman64 2 жыл бұрын
"rarely use one of these drives by themselves" yea about that... Is there any harm in just using this by itself? I bought a 14 TB ultrastar to use as a server disk and honestly I've got no idea if I'm gonna kill it or not with what I'm doing. Also using it as a steam drive. I bought the 3 year data recovery just in case but def worried about accidentally killing the drive
@nascompares 2 жыл бұрын
No harm at all using it on its own, it will just be quite a noisy drive as it is geared to adapt very quickly on the fly to access. It would be a fantastically overkill drive, but if you have it already, no harm in it at all. It is a bit like the old adage about owning a Ferrari and only using it to nip to the corner shop every day or two
@MrPacman64 2 жыл бұрын
@@nascompares lmao got it. Good to know. Glad it's overkill. When I start writing to it all the time for server hosting I want it to be able to take it. Thanks for the help and thanks for the vid. These things are insanely loud lol
@nascompares 2 жыл бұрын
I know right. I found out the hardway back in 2018 trying to record a video with a fully populated 8 Bay 2 metres away.. it sounded like someone kicking a calculator to death... Have a great weekend buddy
@johnmarks714 3 жыл бұрын
Please test this one: Seagate ST16000NE000 IronWolf Pro 16TB Hard Drive 3.5in Drive Internal 7200 rpm 256MB Buffer
@nascompares 3 жыл бұрын
If I can arrange a sample, sure thing. There will be a 2nd round of these tests coming in the summer
@opoaloas9563 Жыл бұрын
i listen nothing sound with 100 purcent audio loool or very small
@RiccaRock100 Жыл бұрын
O fai il test o parli, inutile farlo mentre parli
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