[OmniOS-discuss] OT: Similar hardware like MIcroserver Gen8

[Paul B. Henson]

On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 09:13:26PM +0000, Saso Kiselkov wrote:

> True, I had always assumed Intellipower meant "auto-throttle"

I think Intellipower means "if we called them 5400rpm drives nobody
would buy them so let's be vague as hell" ;).

> invariable. I guess if you placed a microphone near to it and ran some
> FT on it you could easily determine that, but then, I've got better
> things to do with my life.

Seems some people don't:

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1285-page5.html

"The two Red drives produced a slight tone at ~90 Hz, confirming that
their motors spin at about 5,400 RPM."