PE2900 too noisy for office?

[Ronan Mullally]

Hi Steve,

On Fri, 2 May 2008, 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've put a 2900 with 4 x 15k RPM disks in a home office environment and it
is noisy.  It's loud enough to annoy me, but I'm not the one sitting
beside it (that's reserved for somebody with notoriously bad hearing :-|)

If you stick it under a desk and try dampening the sound as much as
possible (blocking it off as much as possible without compromising
airflow, surround it with egg-cartons, buy a small sound-proof data
cabinet, etc) it's probably do-able.  Likewise, extended KVM cables that
allow you place the server a few metres away would also help.


-Ronan