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situations than one without.
Excessive vibration |
This doesn't affect the flow of data to or from the audio interface, but
- it can cause the flow of data to and from disk storage to become
+ it can cause the flow of data to and from (spinning) disk storage to become
much slower. If a computer going to be used in an environment with
loud live sound (specifically, high bass volume), make sure it is placed so
that the disk is not subjected to noticeable vibration. The vibrations will
physically displace the read-write heads of disk, and the resulting errors
will force a retry of the reading from the disk. Retrying over and over
massively reduces the rate at which data can be read from the disk. Avoid
- this. |
+ this.If you find this hard to believe, check
+ out this
+ video which shows the effects of merely shouting at your drives. This
+ is likely not an issue with contemporary SSD drives, which have no
+ spinning/head mechanisms.