[TriLUG] Slightly OT: Are there Really Quiet Computer Case Fans?

Scott Chilcote scottchilcote at earthlink.net
Sat Jan 17 21:48:13 EST 2004


Hi Folks,

My job has me working within a six feet of a dual Xeon server.  It has 
at least five noisy fans, and sounds like a vacuum cleaner.

I'm considering a ways to quiet this box, and one of them is to buy some 
   fans that claim to be quiet to replace the current ones.  I have no 
idea how much this would help - for all I know, it has them already.

Does anyone know whether truly quiet fans exist, or is this just an 
advertising ploy?

Another possibility is to buy some ethernet KVM tranceivers and move the 
machine elsewhere.  Besides the $$$ these cost, I'm short on alternative 
space.

If you've had a good experience with quieter fans, or have come up with 
a better solution for this, please let me know.  Replacing the system 
isn't an option, but I've thought about putting it in a quieter box.

I can't scrape up enough for one of these:

    http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20040115/index.html

But it sure would be sweet!

--
Scott C.





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