[geeks] Dell sale on T105 Server

[Lionel Peterson]

On Jul 1, 2009, at 12:23 PM, "J. Alexander Jacocks"  
<jjacocks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just a heads-up for anyone thinking about a nice, small Virtual
>> Machine hosting box, Dell is having a pretty good sale on their T105
>> Server.
>
> How loud is this server, and how piercing is the note given off by the
> fans?  Obviously 2 folks here are running these at home, but I live in
> a single-floor house, so noise is annoying, everywhere.  I'd even like
> to be able to work in my office, where the machine would live, if
> possible.
>
> I'm somewhat more noise-sensitive than most other 15 year IT veterans,
> so forgive me if my questions sound silly.

Forgot to add:

No discernable pitch, sort of a pink noise (as opposed to a white  
noise).

Lionel