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. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
