loud fans

I have an older 16Bay server chassis from Supermicro. I can't find the exact part number, but it looks identical to this: SuperMicro 836BE1C-R1K23B 3U 16-Bay Server SuperChassis I've gutted this system and replaced the guts with those of my old desktop computer (i7 3770k, Sabretooth Z77, 32GB...

So I have two Supermicro servers, a 1U and a 4U. I just want to reduce the noise a bit. It's mostly the fan wall that is in them. Ideally I'd like to replace them with a quiet fan like Noctuas. I'm not worried about the power supplies at the moment, it's mainly the fan walls I want to get...

Hi everyone, I'm contemplating getting a Mellanox SX6036 to act as a 40G core switch paired with CX3 QSFP cards for my VM hosts and storage nodes, however I'm concerned with the acoustics of the switch. The data room in my house draws in air from the hallway next to my office, so I've replaced...

Hi guys, I consider purchasing a rackmount UPS (SMT1500RMJ2U - same as the model in the title but for the Japanese market, e.g. 100V). Does anybody know how loud the fans of these units are when they are NOT running on battery power? APC states a value of 46db(A) on their website which would...

I just got an old CSE-835 and I already fell in love with it as I can use 3.5" and my 2.5" together. It's just the fan noise from the 'fan-bar' which bothers me already. Ok, I can set the fan speed in the bios, but that's just a statical solution. Therefore I'm already working on a 3D printed...

Finished my upgrade to a CSE-847 thinking I could throw all my disks into one unit, use one MB, and max the ram and be in media storage heaven. Well, I didn't think things though, filled the unit up, turned it on and found the fans screaming their way into my ears. I've tried various...