Intentional Acoustic Interference Damages Availability and Integrity in HDDs [pdf]

Re:Intentional Acoustic Interference Damages Availability an... by jlubawy on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @04:31PM (#17297694)

For what it's worth Western Digital does extensive testing of drive performance under audio vibration, especially on mobile drives that are likely right next to a laptop speaker.

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Re:Intentional Acoustic Interference Damages Availability an... by digi_owl on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @06:02PM (#17298480)

And if you check page 7 of the PDF there is a small table that indicates that this has to be at around 120dB to have an effect. I do believe that is up around the point where you risk physical pain and instant hearing loss.

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Re:Intentional Acoustic Interference Damages Availability an... by marshray on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @08:05PM (#17299183)

Bad news for UBeam then.

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Re:Intentional Acoustic Interference Damages Availability an... by digi_owl on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @08:08PM (#17299197)

Well they came across as a pipe dream from day one...

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Re:Intentional Acoustic Interference Damages Availability an... by TwoNineFive on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @08:17PM (#17308189)

Can you cite a source or provide a little more info on how you know this? I'm interested in this kind of thing. See my story above about a recent problem I had with a Toshiba drive.

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Re:Intentional Acoustic Interference Damages Availability an... by funkymatt on Thursday June 14, 2018 @08:09PM (#17316447)

ugh, that 24h edelweiss test is forever burned into my memory :-/

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