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Operate RN428 on its side?
Hi!
I recently purchased a RN428 for personal media storage, for the past few weeks it has been doing its job nicely standing under my desk, however due to fan/disk noise I want to move it to a sep...
Orienting it sideways shouldn't cause any problems. But putting it in a cupboard might - there needs to be good air flow. That includes having reasonable space above the air vents on the side of the unit, as well as in the rear. An open shelf would be a better option.
If you try it, then I suggest putting the NAS under load in it's current location, and note the temperatures and fan speeds you are seeing. Then do the same test in the new location, and make sure the temps and fan speeds are about the same. You can use NAStester to create the load ( http://www.808.dk/?code-csharp-nas-performance ). I'd run it for a while (15 minutes or so).
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