I'm thinking of creating some customized HDD brackets for my 2U server cabinet (also of the custom type).
At first I thought of placing the HDDs in some kind of rubber suspensions to eliminate any vibrations from other HDDs, coolers in the cabinet and other external vibrations (vibrations hitting the rack).
These will not be hot-plug...I don't need that.
But then I started to think about the vibrations the drive create itself!
If the drive is attached to some rubber suspensions the drive's own vibration would actually be increased and that might be even worse than the vibration from a normal installation, where all the drives are installed directly to the cabinet with some kind of iron brackets. So now I'm not so sure if it's a good idea afterall.
I mean if you attach a disk to something solid and relatively heave (the cabinet) it would decrease the vibrations. The disadvantage is that all the drives will be hit by the vibrations that actually "survive".
I think the ultimate HDD attachment would be to install each disk on its own relative solid and heavy iron plate , perhaps even with some lead, that would be fasten and installed on rubber suspensions, but now the projects gets a little out of hand.
What is your thoughts?
At first I thought of placing the HDDs in some kind of rubber suspensions to eliminate any vibrations from other HDDs, coolers in the cabinet and other external vibrations (vibrations hitting the rack).
These will not be hot-plug...I don't need that.
But then I started to think about the vibrations the drive create itself!
If the drive is attached to some rubber suspensions the drive's own vibration would actually be increased and that might be even worse than the vibration from a normal installation, where all the drives are installed directly to the cabinet with some kind of iron brackets. So now I'm not so sure if it's a good idea afterall.
I mean if you attach a disk to something solid and relatively heave (the cabinet) it would decrease the vibrations. The disadvantage is that all the drives will be hit by the vibrations that actually "survive".
I think the ultimate HDD attachment would be to install each disk on its own relative solid and heavy iron plate , perhaps even with some lead, that would be fasten and installed on rubber suspensions, but now the projects gets a little out of hand.
What is your thoughts?