[TriLUG] Slightly OT: Are there Really Quiet Computer Case Fans?

[Kevin Flanagan]

If this is an actual, name brand server, you can't replace the fans 
without killing your warranty.

If it's a whitebox, you need to be rather careful of the ratings, 
there's a lot of heat coming off of those chips.

I'd vote for the moving the machine option.  Use your most applicable 
remote control option, VNC, just X over SSH, terminal services if it's 
windows.....



Kevin

Scott Chilcote wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> My job has me working within a six feet of a dual Xeon server.  It has 
> at least five noisy fans, and sounds like a vacuum cleaner.
> 
> I'm considering a ways to quiet this box, and one of them is to buy some 
>   fans that claim to be quiet to replace the current ones.  I have no 
> idea how much this would help - for all I know, it has them already.
> 
> Does anyone know whether truly quiet fans exist, or is this just an 
> advertising ploy?
> 
> Another possibility is to buy some ethernet KVM tranceivers and move the 
> machine elsewhere.  Besides the $$$ these cost, I'm short on alternative 
> space.
> 
> If you've had a good experience with quieter fans, or have come up with 
> a better solution for this, please let me know.  Replacing the system 
> isn't an option, but I've thought about putting it in a quieter box.
> 
> I can't scrape up enough for one of these:
> 
>    http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20040115/index.html
> 
> But it sure would be sweet!
> 
> -- 
> Scott C.
> 
> 

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