I can try to measure ours for you. Here's the white paper on the T630's noise level (page 13):
http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/Dell-13G-PowerEdge-Acoustical-Performance-and-Dependencies.pdf -- Sam Mehl (http://help.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu) On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 3:41pm, Bond Masuda wrote: > that's great to hear... i just wonder what 'much quieter' means... can you > help quantify it if you still have a T630 around that hasn't been racked? > > the way i test is with a db meter android phone app called "sound meter". I > take my measurements 12" in front of the air intake and 12" behind the air > exhaust. if you have a T630, and can perform this test and respond with a > number, that would be very much appreciated. > > Bond > > > On 01/20/2017 02:35 PM, Sam Mehl wrote: >> We just purchased two T7630s and were remarking on how much quieter they >> are than the PE R730xd units we've been buying recently. We're still >> planning to rack ours in a datacenter so this wasn't a factor in our >> purchase but it's potentially a great way to put large amounts of data >> storage in an office environment. >> >> How'd you measure the dBA on your PE2900s? >> >> -- >> Sam Mehl (http://help.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu) >> >> On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 2:27pm, Bond Masuda wrote: >> >>> Hi Fellow Linux/PowerEdge users: >>> >>> I have a pair of old PE2900 that are starting to show their age and I'm >>> considering replacing them. They run CentOS7 to serve as NAS function + >>> KVM + few other things. >>> >>> I'm considering T630, but was wondering how loud the T630, especially >>> compared against old PE2900? I had to swap all the fans in the PE2900 >>> and tweak the BMC firmware to get it to about 38 dBA and that is >>> acceptable. Was wondering what other Linux users with T630 have >>> experienced? >>> >>> Thanks for anything you care share, >>> >>> Bond >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linux-PowerEdge mailing list >>> Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com >>> https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it >> is >> addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the >> e-mail >> contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance >> HelpLine at >> http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in >> error >> but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and >> properly >> dispose of the e-mail. >> > > > _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge
