[Cialug] Noise

[n.d]

quick thought. if you had one of them fancy dancy wine cellars that has 
the humidity/temperature control do-dads, would that be good for storing 
servers?

just a thought.


Nathan C. Smith wrote:

>Mini-itx!  Seriously, unless you are rendering or have serious processor
>demands.  They are even available as rack-mounts for a little more $$$.  Add
>a 3ware raid-controller for mirroring and they are fairly capable machines.
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>To respond to your question, put the computers someplace where the droning
>will no longer bother you or people you care about.  If they go in the
>laundry room put quiet power supplies in them to spare your laundry-doer.
>If they are near the laundry, worry about dust and maybe static.
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>Rack computers don't seem to place low noise as a priority, rather airflow
>and cooling.  They could very well end up being louder than your existing
>machines, take that into consideration.
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>-Nate
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave J. Hala Jr. [mailto:dave at 58ghz.net] 
>Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 7:37 AM
>To: Cialug
>Subject: [Cialug] Noise
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>Suppose that you had a couple of rack mount servers in your home office.
>What if you cut a hole in a closet door and screwed a rack mount frame onto
>the door and then you modified a cold air return in the closet to vent the
>hot air from the servers away. Would the result be:
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>a) the noise and heat from servers would be considerably less
>b) the noise would be about the same and the heat less
>c) the noise would echo through the house via the cold air return
>d) the wife would freak
>e) some one asks why you just didn't put the servers in the basement in the
>laundry room and ssh into them as needed.
>f) You win the geek of year award
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>What else are people doing with their home offices? In my current home
>office, I'm using a network of 3 pcs. The heat was a problem until I added a
>second cold air return near the cieling. Now the room temperature is
>consistent with the rest of the house.
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>I'm about to move into a new house and at that time I'd like to switch over
>to using the servers and ditch the pc's, but the noise is a huge issue. I'd
>also rather not have to remove/change or slow the speed of any of the fans
>in the servers.
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>:) Dave
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