On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 07:31:00 AM Craig Sanders via luv-main wrote:
> > 1RU systems have small diameter fans which have to spin at high speeds
> > to get enough air flow which is always going to make more noise than
> > the larger fans in 2RU servers or tower systems.
> 
> umm, yes....but it's not hard to find 40 or 60mm fans that are MUCH
> quieter and better quality than the ones that come as standard in
> servers, without sacrificing airflow. it's not even hard to find small
> fans that are quieter, better quality, and move more air than the
> standard supplied fans.

Companies that buy Sun servers want Sun support and that means only getting 
Sun parts.

> > As for the Sun servers I'm offering.  They are old and somewhat slow
> > by today's standards.  If they can work for someone as they currently
> > are then that's great.  If they need to have anything done with them
> > then it's probably not worth it.
> 
> yep, sure....and whoever takes them off your hands may be interested in
> getting them to run quieter and cooler, with fans that don't wear out
> quickly because they have crappy sleeve bearings.

I think that if they wear out then they can be tossed out.  Also 2 servers 
means 4 PSUs so 3 PSU fans can fail before it becomes a serious problem for 
them.

> personally, i'd just build my own server with commodity PC hardware in
> a rack-mount case (and replace the fans, of course).

That means spending money.

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