One way to do a home server (http://board.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=164390) would be to have the drives in their own enclosure and then connect to a laptop or quiet PC via USB 3.0 or e-sata. The idea is divide-and-conquer with respect to heat. The less heat there is and/or the less the heat is concentrated, the easier (and quieter) it is to remove. Also, rather than using a fanned power supply, use power bricks (thereby also keeping that heat out of the case). The trade-off is that things aren't as compact and tidy as they might have been.
Anyhow, assuming the above (or something similar/better), there's still hard drive noise to deal with. What sort of case enclosures would excel at containing drive noise? It would seem that anything with an opening for ventilation is going to let some noise out, but maybe there are clever workarounds to that.
What do y'all like to do as far as minimizing noise on a home server?
Anyhow, assuming the above (or something similar/better), there's still hard drive noise to deal with. What sort of case enclosures would excel at containing drive noise? It would seem that anything with an opening for ventilation is going to let some noise out, but maybe there are clever workarounds to that.
What do y'all like to do as far as minimizing noise on a home server?
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