A method for designing an enclosure by predicting hard drive disk (HDD) performance in an experimental enclosure, where the enclosure is a modified version of the experimental enclosure. The method includes obtaining, by an HDD performance data generator, an experimental enclosure vibration dataset from a vibration measurement apparatus, obtaining an ideal HDD vibration threshold; making a first comparison between the experimental enclosure vibration dataset and the ideal HDD vibration threshold, calculating, based on the first comparison, an experimental enclosure HDD performance dataset, making a first determination that the experimental enclosure HDD performance dataset exceeds an acceptable threshold, and performing a design action on the experimental enclosure based on the first determination to generate a design of the enclosure.