On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 07:31:00 AM Craig Sanders via luv-main wrote:
1RU systems have small diameter fans which have to spin at high speeds to get enough air flow which is always going to make more noise than the larger fans in 2RU servers or tower systems.
umm, yes....but it's not hard to find 40 or 60mm fans that are MUCH quieter and better quality than the ones that come as standard in servers, without sacrificing airflow. it's not even hard to find small fans that are quieter, better quality, and move more air than the standard supplied fans.
Companies that buy Sun servers want Sun support and that means only getting Sun parts.
As for the Sun servers I'm offering. They are old and somewhat slow by today's standards. If they can work for someone as they currently are then that's great. If they need to have anything done with them then it's probably not worth it.
yep, sure....and whoever takes them off your hands may be interested in getting them to run quieter and cooler, with fans that don't wear out quickly because they have crappy sleeve bearings.
I think that if they wear out then they can be tossed out. Also 2 servers means 4 PSUs so 3 PSU fans can fail before it becomes a serious problem for them.
personally, i'd just build my own server with commodity PC hardware in a rack-mount case (and replace the fans, of course).
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