If anyone asked if there was a text mentioning Romans, Persians and 'gnarly waves', I'd have bet against it.
The web is a wonderful thing. :)
And Maxtor.
Fromn the early 2000s until they left the HDD market, Samsung (then still a bit of an underdog) drives were among the best: most quiet, no performance degradation over time (others had that), high reliability. I had a few of them.
I miss the days when you could tell a hard drive brand by the noises it made. Micropolis always had the most musical drives.