Try to get one with two PSUs so you don't have a mini jet running in your house. And you won't have to run the app to manage the fans either. They'll spin up/down on their own if you have two installed.Anyone looking to unload a SA120 in the bay area? Would like it to have at least 8 caddies and single I/O + PSU module is OK.
Thanks for the tip!Try to get one with two PSUs so you don't have a mini jet running in your house. And you won't have to run the app to manage the fans either. They'll spin up/down on their own if you have two installed.
These used to go for right around $200 about 6 months ago. People started catching on and buying them up left and right. Now, you're lucky to find a new one under $250.No one has one to sell locally eh? I'll give it another day or two before I look on eBay and pay $50 shipping.
I didn't either til I had to troubleshoot a blinking error code. I never had the second PSU plugged in; relying on the software to manage the fans. It was so annoying to lose those settings upon power off (and restart if I remember right). After I had both PSUs plugged in, the fans dropped in RPMs. And they will spin up based on ambient temperature.I didn't know about the dual power supply/power management thing. Thanks for the info y'all, my SA120 apparently just arrived on my porch this morning!
Let us know how that PSU works. If it does spin down fans, I'll probably pick one up. It is odd though, when I was researching the part number listed online, I got a 550 Watt hot swap psu, which was about $150, so I decided against getting it just to try, combined with worries about a knockoff PSU frying my drives....
guilty. I bought 2These used to go for right around $200 about 6 months ago. People started catching on and buying them up left and right. Now, you're lucky to find a new one under $250.
What RAID controller are you using?Dual PSU doesn't make it any quieter for me. Tried with the 1007 firmware that came on the DAS and also upgraded it to the 1008. Still need to use the utility to get it down to the lowest fan speed...
What RAID controller are you using?