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Unread 07-11-2006, 02:40 PM   #9
stevecs
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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Default Re: Fileserver cases that are good for watercooling?

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Originally Posted by Edge
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The 3.5" drives have me stumped and cooling them is one thing that forces me to use fans. I was hoping to figure something out once 2.5" drives come down in price, but by then I'll probably have to deal with FB-DIMMS (@15watts apiece - the buffer chip is a scorcher).

I'd love to go rack mount, but I have yet to figure out how to keep the noise down.
I'm not sold 100% on rack mount it's just the only solution I've found so far that allows me to have 32 drives in a single chassis with a reasonable footprint. If I _absolutely have to_ I can use 1 or two very large (slow rotation) fans to cool the drives that that's going to be my last option.

FB-dimms are 15watts each? Is that total power draw or is that waste heat? Luckily I don't need a fast system at all for the fileserver here so I'll just pick up any low TDP system I can find as pretty much any current low heat processor will be more than sufficient to run the os (linux). All raid will be hardware (3ware) so it's just pure I/O.
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