[rescue] Small (2U) enclosed racks?

Don Y dgy at DakotaCom.Net
Thu May 4 12:50:24 CDT 2006


Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 12:36:19PM -0400, Ethan O'Toole wrote:
>> Some time ago I made some cases myself for 5th hope. Got the parts from
>> Parts express, and the wood from the hardware store:
>> http://users.757.org/~ethan/pics/trips/5thhope-NYC-July-2004/
>> I used the wrong kind of wood I think, so it's a bit softer than it should
>> be. But I had no issues and they were deep enough to hold servers :-)
> 
> http://users.757.org/~ethan/pics/trips/5thhope-NYC-July-2004/box_builing_skills/racks2-b.jpg
> 
> Woah, *nice*!  I may have to look into that, and just put a front/back door on
> them (to cut the noise) with some small ventilation holes or a fan..
> 
> The problem with this server (the Sun T1K) is the insane fan noise.

Can you replace the fan with a less noisey one?
Or, hack another fan into the case (two quiet fans
vs. one noisey fan, etc.)



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