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Server Noise Issues?
I just stumbled on the Server Porn thread and it lead me to ask this question. I am planning a new server room right now and I like to ask how are the noise levels like for those 1U's? I purchased an used Intel 1U a year ago to do some testing at home and the noise is unbearable. I am wondering if I need to install noise insulation layers in the server room if I were to put up a rack or two.
We will put up combination of 1U's and 2U's.
Thanks.
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Depends, see if you can bear 5 servers running at full. If you can't, you'll need some insulation.
That is what I am trying to get at. If all the 1Us are like the used 1U I bought, then I don't know if there is anything that can hold 5 of them screaming at once.
1Us can be pretty noisy. We had some really noisy poweredge 1us
Depends on the servers, typically older hardware sounds like a jet engine.
I've got some hp's and dell's that are relatively quiet - 1u's are typically louder as they have less airflow so require faster spinning fans to push more airflow through them.
Ambient room type will have an effect too - if you don't have your room cool enough, then the fans will be spinning faster too keep it cooler.
It definitely isn't going to be quiet
Could be in the 80-100 dB range
the Atom 1U servers sold on gopcn.com are supposedly silent (well, that's what he said). They also have low power consumption so are great for home environment.
The room will have its temperature control set at around 65-68 F. Should I abandon the 1U idea and go with 2U's? That way the fans are bigger so less noise out of them.
Every 1u I've had even newer ones sound like jet engines because they are designed to be in a datacenter where it doesn't matter. Usually insulated walls will muffle the noise quite a bit.
do you guys know if there are cheap insulated cabinets or something?
This is not true with modern servers. Low to midrange modern servers such as the Dell R610/620 (and lower models as well, 420, 320 etc) are almost silent when running idle.
The R620 has dual E5's and everything.
Now run Prime95 on a R620 and you better get your ear protection out
The R720's though (2u) are not quiet, ever.
I guess it boils down to how hard do I want this horse to be working at eh? Should I consider those Dell tower/rack-able servers (ie. T420) which can transform between the two. I do own a couple dell T series and the noise isn't an issue.
Well if you are going to have a server sitting idle in a closet why the hell would you have it powered on?
If you are going to have these things sitting idle, why even bother with a rack. Get you some raspberry pi's and stick them in your closet.
get yourself a basement.
Well even at considerable load they stay fairly quiet. It is when you push them to the max that they become very loud but I don't see how someone at home would push one of these unless they were folding or something I suppose.
I could literally hear the 1U in the basement from the 2nd floor.
I mean it won't be idling but it will not be working at 100% capacity all the time. When it does spike, I don't want the office staff to be like "What the hell was that noise?!? Should we leave this building now?" type of thing.
My office just got 2 Dell R720s and they make very little noise. I also ordered two HP switches (5120s) and they make more noise than the R720.
What I'm trying to say is: the 12th generations Dells are pretty silent