Looking for a good silent NAS
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My son's networked tiny-sized hard-drive is a terabyte+, and that never seems it any noise at all... and it's in his bedroom... [before Rich jumps in with a cheap joke - it's full of his music files! (and, there's no 'Jimmy Nail' - that's part of a parallel thread from a separate set of emails... y'radgie-gadgie!)]
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All this network stuff is beyond me.
Although I have something in the room that makes an annoying noise. But it also irons and cleans so it's kinda useful.
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Ahh! so that's the high-pitched whining I sometimes hear in the kitchen...
[I never go in there unless it's for beer
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Would you consider making your own? A selection of high efficiency/low power consumption components and ultra-quiet fans with a Windows or Linux server OS would get you a very, very quiet system that can be continuously expanded to meet your needs. It can also be set up with your preferred RAID or JBOD for speed and redundancy. I built computers for my folks and my wife comp with "green", efficient components and cases that have rubber mounts for drives; compared to my gaming rig they are almost completely silent. Often it can be built more inexpensively than a manufactured NAS.
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This is good, not expensive choice: Synology Disk station DS110j
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@escapeartist said:
Would you consider making your own? A selection of high efficiency/low power consumption components and ultra-quiet fans with a Windows or Linux server OS would get you a very, very quiet system that can be continuously expanded to meet your needs. It can also be set up with your preferred RAID or JBOD for speed and redundancy. I built computers for my folks and my wife comp with "green", efficient components and cases that have rubber mounts for drives; compared to my gaming rig they are almost completely silent. Often it can be built more inexpensively than a manufactured NAS.
I have thought of it - and I've done something very similar before. (http://workshop.thomthom.net/minimediacentre/) But I'm at a point where I have too many projects ongoing and I really cannot take on any more. I just want to buy it and be done with it.
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@srx said:
This is good, not expensive choice: Synology Disk station DS110j
@unknownuser said:
Cool and Quiet
How quiet is quiet? Near silent? In a silent room - do you hear a hum from it?
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@thomthom said:
@srx said:
This is good, not expensive choice: Synology Disk station DS110j
@unknownuser said:
Cool and Quiet
How quiet is quiet? Near silent? In a silent room - do you hear a hum from it?
Noise Level(2): 19.9 dB(A)
(2) Fully loaded with Seagate 1TB ST31000520AS hard drive(s) in operation; Two G.R.A.S. Type 40AE microphones, each set up at 1 meter away from the DiskStation front and rear; Background noise: 17.2 dB(A); Temperature: 23.6°C; Humidity: 58.2%; More details about dB(A) value, check:
http://www.quietnoise.com/facts.htmhmm... not too bad.
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Could solid state drives be an option in you NAS? Not sure how much cooling they need.
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@arcad-uk said:
Could solid state drives be an option in you NAS? Not sure how much cooling they need.
yes, but I'm not sure if SSD HS's is afforable enough for the size I require.
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