[Cialug] Noise

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

Ground differances? Hmmmm...

My guess is that if I ran power out there with a ground from the source,
a it would be unlikely that there would be a ground differential. I'm
also guessing that lighting would not be an issue as the "fruit cellar
is underground and very close to the house. 





On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 09:13, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> You would have to run fiber due to possible ground differences and
> lightning.  Found that out the hard way.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave J. Hala Jr. [mailto:dave at 58ghz.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 9:05 AM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Noise
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> Believe or not, I do actually have an underground fruit cellar outside. Its
> about 15ft from the house... Hmmm... maybe I could run ethernet out there...
> or just bridge a couple linksys 802.11g routers.... Hmmm... Hmmm.... 
> 
> :) Dave
> 
> On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 08:41, n.d wrote:
> > 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.
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> > 
> > 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.
> > >
> > >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.
> > >
> > >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.
> > >
> > >-Nate
> > >
> > >-----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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >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:
> > >
> > >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
> > >
> > >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.
> > >
> > >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.
> > >
> > >
> > >:) Dave
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