> my 1U

1Us have the most compromised ventilation and compensate with loud fans running at high speeds.

craftkiller 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, it certainly wasn't the quietest choice for form-factor, but the fact remains: all server grade hardware are not optimizing for noise. They are meant to be running in datacenters, not livingrooms, so noise was never a concern for them. A nice thing about consumer-grade hardware is they are optimizing for both sound and power consumption because those devices are designed to be around humans. So I certainly hope consumer-grade hardware survives.

	▲	lambdasquirrel 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In my first job we worked in a room full of 4Us and it was always refreshing when we powered them all down for the weekend. So quiet. It’s almost like there was a reason why consumer-grade hardware existed.

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rrix2 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have a 4U with noctua fans and the loudest part of my rack is the harddisks

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wlesieutre 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not only the loudness, the small fans have subjectively more annoying sound even if they were the same volume. Much more shrill than a large fan.

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hvb2 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sure. But are there actual limits on how much noise they're allowed to make?

This is all built to be put in a place where noise is not an issue