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Re:Multiple Western Digital 5400RPM drives are actually 7200... by tssva on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @09:03AM (#24352786)
The noise specifications for the drives are available from the WD prior to purchase.
Re:Multiple Western Digital 5400RPM drives are actually 7200... by bragh on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @09:28AM (#24352976)
It is very hard to trust hard drive manufacturers these days. I have a few of these drives mentioned here https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/ironwolf... with the specified "typical" noise level of 25 dB for seek and it is definitely much much more than that.

Synology forums have several threads like this: https://community.synology.com/enu/forum/1/post/130843

And I understand that these are different companies, but why I even went for Seagate was because of the CMR issues.

Re:Multiple Western Digital 5400RPM drives are actually 7200... by SteveNuts on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @09:12AM (#24352854)
Yeah but they'd probably lie about that too, based on their recent track record.