Are these drives noisy?
804326
I have not used mine a lot but so far I have not noticed any noise. I have used it for GarageBand sessions and have not picked up any noise in the recordings.
804327
No. If you hear a clicking sound on any mechanical hard drive, you better replace it or use warranty!
960695
I have two of these drives. They are on my work area bout 4 feet from where I work. I use them one at a time (physically remote back up). One has a hum which is sufficient to be noticeable and a little irritating. The other does not.
1034516
I have had nothing but bad luck with LaCie drives, I have had two of them not function out of the box. My experience is the exact opposite with the G Drive, these drives are quiet, and seem to run forever. I have not had a single issue with any one of the seven I own
1331165
It's very quiet. I have two WD Red drives installed and have the unit set to Quiet mode. I never hear any noise from it.
597596
Hi,I bought this drive to replace drives in my network storage (that had standard computer drives). One thing I noticed was they were much quieter! The spec comparison on drives put them on the slower side which is why they're advertised as "network drives". This being said, I have not noticed any significant difference on speed in my network device...You would probably be ok..
1155322
I think the only meaningful way I can answer that is to say the I have (4) of these drives in a Drobo mini on my desk and hear no noticeable noise above my PC fan. I think they are plenty quiet.Hope that helps.
1308220
So far I have not had any problems. Also, I haven't noticed any slowness among the drives,
1844126
I also bought this laptop recently and am also hearing the strange hard drive noise. It's like a squeaking sound. As long as the hard drive functions well it's not an issue, but if this is a precursor to hard drive failure then I'd be worried.
2060541
I definitely have noticed the fan noise, when I switched to this device from a single-drive enclosure that did not use a fan. But the device was on top of the desk right next to me, and w/o music playing it did create enough noise to make me wish it was quieter. I just moved the unit under the desk, and now it does not bother me at all. As others have said, with 2 drives spinning in there, you don't want to turn off the fan or your disks will be running hot and fail before their time.
835922
Noise is not an issue of concern. These electric induction motors are very quiet and the pumps generate some noise but really annoying.
2104175
I first installed two of them in April, 2014. They have both been used heavily for reading BD and DVD material without any issues. Both have also been used to write DVD's without any issues, but that has been limited. They drives appear to be well-balanced, and run quietly through all speeds. I also have not had any issues ejecting disks, even those that were scratched and otherwise defective. Overall, I'd call these drives "a safe purchase".
1499027
I just bought the 500 Gb Version and the Fan noise immediately kicked in. I discovered that by simply placing a cloth or (mouse or rubber)pad underneath the unit, its noise is canceled out. Do you know if the 1TB drive is That much louder than the 500 Gb? Thanks.
457431
I only notice some noise when the drives spin-up which is only momentary and not an audible problem at all. The unit sits on my desk approx. 3 feet from me. I don't notice it while backing up except for the initial spin-up of the drives.
1331169
It depends primarily on the type of drive you put into it. I'm running WD Black drives and under heavy load they are pretty audible. I'd imagine slower drives would make less noise. The actual unit makes little to no fan noise at all. The product specifications have it listed as "Noise Level : 19.3 dB(A)".
953180
I haven't built a case (mine are in the head of a robot so are protected that way. I haven't seen any noise on these. Other cheaper models with a similar form factor have had noise but not these.
1331167
Very quiet. I only hear it for a short time when the drives power up. A lot of the noise is the drives so get quite ones.
974866
I'm not sure if I can truly answer this question 100%. I have the diskstation in my office room. In all, this diskstation does not make much noise when it's running. I actually don't even notice it running when I'm in my office. But when it's idling, you don't hear anything since the hard drives are not running. And the fan is very quiet.