PE2900 too noisy for office?

[Scott_Purcell at Dell.com]

Keep in mind though that a 2950 and a 2900 are radically different
beasts with regard to noise.  The 2950 is designed for a rack and
expected to be most often located in a data center.  The 2900 can be
racked but is designed to also be appropriate as a tower.  More
attention is given to noise suppression there. 

Thanks,

Scott

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[mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Tom Cowin
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 4:00 PM
To: Steve Thompson
Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: Re: PE2900 too noisy for office?

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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