*** WARNING *** I am a complete newbie at this!
So I just received a new Nutanix rack mounted server from a friend, two nodes and I don’t intend to run Nutanix on it.
I don’t have a rack or means of mounting it so it is just sitting on a table for now, without any soundproofing. Is it possible to use pwm to control the fans? As far as i can tell, the motherboard can control the fan speeds, like at startup.
Could i replace the fans with a noctua fan?
“rack mount” and “quiet” don’t go together.
You could try fan swaps and sound dampening but it can easily end up costing more in money and time researching compatibility than what some of these servers are worth.
Starting small is what I recommend. I had a rack before. Now I just run mini PCs.
Soundproof it.
Don’t fuck with the fans. Not ever. They’re loud because they’re small. They don’t move much air when they’re quiet. It’s a small oven if the air moves slow.
It’s easily possible to fuck with the fans if you know what you’re doing. Most of the time they’re loud because the chassis fans are trying to push air through heatsink fins a couple of feet away from them. Sticking active coolers on the sockets is a good way to calm them down a bit.
The guy who gave it to me mentioned the loudest thing is the power supply, but the main fans are easily the loudest. Do you think there is a way to mod the fans slower or maybe put it in a consumer case?
IIRC Nutanix use rebadged Supermicro servers. What size boxes are they, and what hardware do they have in?
Yea don’t use enterprise stuff and build servers yourself with lowpower hardware. Less power less heat also can be cooled easier with Noctua Low RPM low noise fans.
