An optimal vibration mount for a disc drive is designed by computing external, , and internal, , disturbance models for the disc drive and defining an inertia matrix, M, for the disc drive. A state estimator, such as a Kalman filter, is defined based on the inertia matrix and external and internal disturbance models, and a covariance matrix, , is derived based on the filter algebraic Riccati equation. The state estimator gain, H, is calculated from (I 0)^-1, and the optimal mount damping, B. and stiffness, K, parameters are derived from the state estimator gain and inertia matrix,

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