Re: blessed silence (was Re: free Sun 1RU servers)

2016-01-08 Thread Russell Coker via luv-main
On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 07:31:00 AM Craig Sanders via luv-main wrote: > > 1RU systems have small diameter fans which have to spin at high speeds > > to get enough air flow which is always going to make more noise than > > the larger fans in 2RU servers or tower systems. > > umm, yesbut it's not

Re: blessed silence (was Re: free Sun 1RU servers)

2016-01-08 Thread Craig Sanders via luv-main
On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 02:37:10PM +1100, Rohan McLeod wrote: > But what I finished up getting was a Corsair H55 Liquid Cooler > see for example. > http://www.msy.com.au/vic/northmelbourne/pc-accessories/12163-corsair-cwch55-h55-universal-hydro-high-performance-liquid-cpu-cooler.html > > This

Re: blessed silence (was Re: free Sun 1RU servers)

2016-01-08 Thread Craig Sanders via luv-main
On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 01:47:35PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote: > Yes, this annoyance goes _way_ back. Even back in XT clone days, we > hobbyists noticed that generic Taiwanese clone gear was greatly more > standardised, and easier / more inexpensive to work on, than any of the > brand-name gear.

Re: blessed silence (was Re: free Sun 1RU servers)

2016-01-07 Thread Russell Coker via luv-main
On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 04:18:31 PM Craig Sanders via luv-main wrote: > (alternatively, some of the fans in the servers **may** be replaceable > with quiet fans - many available from Quiet PC) 1RU systems have small diameter fans which have to spin at high speeds to get enough air flow which is

Re: blessed silence (was Re: free Sun 1RU servers)

2016-01-07 Thread Rohan McLeod via luv-main
Rick Moen via luv-main wrote: Quoting Craig Sanders (c...@taz.net.au): as Rick said, server manufacturers typically don't bother optimising for low fan noise because most customers don't care - the servers will be going into a noisy server room anyway. What was disillusioning about that is

Re: blessed silence (was Re: free Sun 1RU servers)

2016-01-07 Thread Craig Sanders via luv-main
On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 03:28:01AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 04:18:31 PM Craig Sanders via luv-main wrote: > > (alternatively, some of the fans in the servers **may** be > > replaceable with quiet fans - many available from Quiet PC) > > 1RU systems have small diameter fans

Re: blessed silence (was Re: free Sun 1RU servers)

2016-01-07 Thread Rick Moen via luv-main
Quoting Craig Sanders (c...@taz.net.au): > as Rick said, server manufacturers typically don't bother optimising > for low fan noise because most customers don't care - the servers will > be going into a noisy server room anyway. What was disillusioning about that is that high-noise fans are also

Re: blessed silence (was Re: free Sun 1RU servers)

2016-01-07 Thread Carl Turney via luv-main
Hi All, On 08/01/16 08:47, Rick Moen via luv-main wrote: ... I feel bad following up to say this, but what I said and meant was '2010s', i.e. this decade, not 2010 the year. ... I remember some folks suggesting we used the following nomenclature... 2000-2009 The Naughties 2010-2019 The

blessed silence (was Re: free Sun 1RU servers)

2016-01-06 Thread Craig Sanders via luv-main
On Tue, Jan 05, 2016 at 07:46:34PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > The servers are extremely noisy which is one of the reasons why I > haven't done any other training on the server in my home (the other > reason being that I have some other servers for this purpose). FYI, i saw this while reading