Quietest 1U Rack Server?

[Richard Hurt]

These are all great suggestions.  I like the sealed rack system that
Hostmaster and Tom suggested.  However, I already have my (standard, 4-post,
open) rack and am not keen on replacing it.  Also as I don't have a raised
floor or anything and no way to really control my office temperature I'm
concerned about overheating.  That's why I got an open rack, that and its
cheaper and easier to work on.  :)

I really like the 2U suggestion and hadn't really thought about it being
quieter because of larger, slower fans.  I'm going to look into it a bit
more.  It looks like you can get some used 2650s for a pretty good price.

As far as using desktop tower workstations, I don't think I like that too
much in terms of uptime and serviceability.  With rack mounted boxes its
simple to replace fans, power supplies, and hard drives on the fly without
taking the box down.  They also have things like redundant power supplies
that make them harder to knock off-line.

Thanx for all the input guys!

Later...
  Richard

On Feb 5, 2008 8:35 AM, Jim Nelson <jim.nelson at neteasyinc.com> wrote:

> Peter Kjellstrom wrote:
> > On Tuesday 05 February 2008, Richard Hurt wrote:
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> I know noise is not normally a concern for rack mounted servers, but my
> >> "data center" is in my small office and I would like to make it as
> >> comfortable as possible.
> >
> > Why not use workstation class machines instead of rackmount servers?
> >
> > /Peter
> >
>
> Indeed - we have a number of SC440s in our office (fileserver, router/VPN,
> backup nameserver, VoIP) and our PoE injector makes more noise than all 4
> of the
> boxes combined.
>
> They'll actually fit in a rack shelf laid on their side as well.
>
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