On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 09:53:13AM +0100, Graham Stephens wrote: > Another thing to bear in mind is the pitch of the noise; I find that > loudish but low-frequency sound (like from 4-inch+ fans) isn't that > uncomfortable, but the whine from 1U 1 inch fans get unbearable > REALLY quickly.
I agree with this. The 1U units are very shrill and annoying. I have 4U machines and they are louder but somehow easier to tolerate. You get to choose boiling whistling tea kettle or Hoover... /jl -- ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) Powered by Lemote Fuloong against HTML e-mail X Loongson MIPS and OpenBSD and proprietary / \ http://www.mutt.org attachments / \ Code Blue or Go Home! Encrypted email preferred PGP Key 2048R/DA65BC04

