[Cialug] Noise

[Tom Pohl]

As long as you get the outdoor rated ethernet cable (with the gooey 
jell inside) you shouldn't have any trouble with the outdoor run.  I'd 
recommend putting in PVC conduit into the ground so you can add more 
cables later :)

-Tom

On Jun 14, 2005, at 9:35 AM, Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:

> Ground differances? Hmmmm...
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> 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.
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> 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.
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>> -----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
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>> 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?
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>>> 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.
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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.
>>>>
>>>> -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
>>>>
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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
>>>>
>>>> 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.
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>>>> :) Dave
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