John Hearns wrote: > > > 2008/9/16 Prentice Bisbal <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > That will work great until the newbie scientists find that airflow into > a computer tucked in "behind their desk where no one can see it" is piss > poor, and that fans powerful enough to provide adequate airflow "behind > the desk where no one can see it" are going to be LOUD. > > Ahem. > > > "Because the CX1 sits in an office environment, the front of the chassis > has an optional noise cancellation add-on, which drops the whirring of > fan noise down to the point where it is actually legal to put it in an > office environment." > > > When I worked at Streamline, we demoed a blade cluster in a > noise-cancelling APC rack enclosure at a conference we ran. It sat > running away at full lilt at the back of the room as people delivered > their talks, and no-one noticed till we opened the front door. > I guess this is somethign similar. >
You got me. I saw that when I continued reading the article *after* my post. I was hoping no one else read the article to the end. Noise-cancellation devices may help keep the noise down, but the air flow under or "behind" a desk is still a problem. Fans can only move air if there's a place for the air to come from, and a place for the air to go. -- Prentice _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
