PE2900 too noisy for office?

[Tom Cowin]

I had a 2950III here in the office recently while I was getting the 
initial setup done and had a few snide comments from passers by - we 
were all glad when it went to the colo...

Steve Thompson wrote:
> I'm looking for a new server for my home office; it should have a single 
> Core2 quad-core processor (or two dual-cores) of at least 2.5 GHz, 16 GB 
> memory and about half a dozen SATA drives of either 750GB or 1TB. My 
> existing servers are in the basement, and are too noisy to move. I rather 
> like the PE2900.
>
> I have many PE2900 (original and III) servers in a computer room 
> environment (not at home), but several hundred machines make it impossible 
> to gauge how noisy they are individually. Are they (or a PE1900 in tower 
> form) quiet enought to use in an office environment? I saw the earlier 
> thread about 'quietest 1U rack server', but it didn't mention the PE2900 
> III, which are supposedly quieter (or at least, less noisy).
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
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