Re: Attic Server

["mark90h" <mark.heyhoe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks,
Its a PE2600 Tower, which has 5 fans in total which makes it very
noisy even when in another room. One is located on the cooling
shround, whilst the other 4 are split between 2 fan assemblies near
the SCSI backplane board and attached to the back of the chassis.
I may try disabling the fans and seeing what impact this has on the
temperature as I'd prefer to keep it downstairs, otherwise I may
wait until I install an ensuite shower in the bedroom below and put
in an extractor / heater as matthew suggested.

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Simon Daykin" <simon@f...> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> Which PowerEdge is it?
>
> I had a PE4200 in the loft,  but its was a hugely noisy beast and
I couldn't
> get it quite enough to use.  It also have inbuilt temperature
sensing stuff
> that would will the log files with warning.
>
> I do however now have a PE2200 in the loft and it works great.
Nice and
> quite,  only two fans (main cooling fan plus PSU fan) and has been
running
> for nearly 2 years without missing a beat.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Simon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mark90h" <mark.heyhoe@v...>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 11:36 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Attic Server
>
>
> > Hi,
> > I have a Dell poweredge server stored in it's box as it makes too
> > much noise to keep in a bedroom or the lounge. I could put it in
the
> > attic as I have spare power and can run some cat5 to it, but I'm
> > worried about the temperature extremes in there. I noticed some
of
> > you use your attics as node zero. Have you encountered any
problems
> > doing this due to the temperature. Alternatively do you know any
way
> > to silence it and will disabling some of the fans have an adverse
> > effect?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
> >