HP proliant DL320 - too noisy

yoda · 2 May 2006 at 12:35

I understand that this is a low end company server but it was cheep on ebay and has two 40gb hard drives....

Basically those 8 40mm uber loud fans (it's a 1U rack mount) are louder than my pair of 80mm deltas at full blast....

The server will not boot with any of them unpluggeg....
And it's a 6 pin connector (2 fans X 3 pins, 8 fans in four blocks of two)

It's got linux on their, is their any SOFTWARE way I can slow them down?

FirebarUK · 2 May 2006 at 15:36

Not that I know of. I think you need to find a spare room and make it your server room.

pcoltrane · 2 May 2006 at 16:10

LOL, I like the idea of building an extra room / buying a larger house in order to make the noise of a cheap sever bareable

How much do spare rooms go for on ebay?

FirebarUK · 2 May 2006 at 16:48

Pretty cheap I hear.

"andy" · 2 May 2006 at 20:08

does almico speedfan work with linux ?

if so it lets you reduce fan speeds from 0% - 100%

edit - sorry just looked and theres no linux version

what about holding them from rotating with something such as tape and adding a couple of bigger quieter fans in somewhere to keep it cool ?

yoda · 3 May 2006 at 08:17

andy, the fans have sensors.... they know when they not spinning....
Larger fans... this is a 1U rack mount enclosure..... the 40mm fans fit snugly from the bottom of the case to the top....

the_gof · 27 Sep 2006 at 14:19

>> andy, the fans have sensors.... they know when they not spinning....

not to mention, of course, that stopping them spinning will burn the motors out

I've got similar problems with a proliant 6400, it's like a hovercraft starting up :-/ one solution could be to snip the blades off the fans....

yoda · 27 Sep 2006 at 14:48

the_gof said:
I've got similar problems with a proliant 6400, it's like a hovercraft starting up :-/ one solution could be to snip the blades off the fans....

PMSL.... now why didn't I think of that :rolleyes:

MikeTimbers · 27 Sep 2006 at 19:37

Rackmount servers are not designed to be around people. They prefer the company of other servers in nice cold data centers. Did you not know this when you bought it? Caveat emptor!

allllec · 27 Sep 2006 at 22:12

as a proliant owner i know your pain - there is no way to quiten those fans through software - period - sorry.

however, snip the power lead, and solder on a resistor and you can make your self a perminent fan slower downer - thats the only thing i can think off

sorry dude