Cisco UCS C3160

[jtaj]

does anyone have this chassis/server in use? Tried googling and couldn't find anything, not even a review much less about the noise level.

wondering how loud it is for home use.

 

[BlueFox]

It's not going to be quiet by any stretch. Generally not something one would consider for home use.

 

[jtaj]

It's not going to be quiet by any stretch. Generally not something one would consider for home use.

do you have one?

 

[BoredSysadmin]

I dabble quite a lot with UCS servers, but I've yet to see C3160 or similar in the wild.
For starters - you're aware it's 200-240 vAC and it won't work from a typical US home 120 vAC power?
you could find the rest of its specs here:

https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-c-series-rack-servers/c3160-spec-sheet.pdf

The specs say its operating noise level is 38 dBa which isn't much at all, BUT I am betting this is NOT with configuration with 60 running hard drives, so I agree with BlueFox, fully configured it would be fairly loud.

 

[jtaj]

I dabble quite a lot with UCS servers, but I've yet to see C3160 or similar in the wild.
For starters - you're aware it's 200-240 vAC and it won't work from a typical US home 120 vAC power?
you could find the rest of its specs here:

https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-c-series-rack-servers/c3160-spec-sheet.pdf

The specs say its operating noise level is 38 dBa which isn't much at all, BUT I am betting this is NOT with configuration with 60 running hard drives, so I agree with BlueFox, fully configured it would be fairly loud.

I found a few online mention its both 120 or 220, PSU supports both.but I do agree 38 dba doesn't really mean much and I'd not trust it, hence posting here looking for someone has had one.