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Re:The fanless spinning heatsink: more efficient, and immune... by JonnieCache on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @11:08AM (#2754977)
Isn't most of the noise in a datacenter the compressors in the aircon units?
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Re:The fanless spinning heatsink: more efficient, and immune... by calloc on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @01:10PM (#2755485)
No, it is all of the fans sucking air in the front and dumping it out the back. Fire up a 2U server in an otherwise quiet room and it will sound like someone just fired up an vacuum cleaner...
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Re:The fanless spinning heatsink: more efficient, and immune... by MostAwesomeDude on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @04:38PM (#2756446)
I have two Dell PowerEdges in my living room and they make a sound not unlike an airplane revving up for takeoff.
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