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a_carneiro
Feb 05, 2019Tutor
RR2312 noise levels
Hi guys Thinking of buying a ReadyNAS 2312 when it becomes available in Europe. This would be in my rack in the garage. Can anyone who has one tell me how noisy it is? I worry that it’ll have a ton...
- Feb 05, 2019
a_carneiro wrote:
Can anyone who has one tell me how noisy it is? I worry that it’ll have a ton of VERY LOUD fans to be able to dissipate the heat from 12 HDDs.Per the datasheet it has five 40mm fans. The noise spec is < 28 dba, which is surprisingly quiet. Hopefully someone from Netgear ( BretD ?) can confirm that spec.
https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/storage/RR2304_RR2312_RN3138_DS.pdf
StephenB
Feb 05, 2019Guru - Experienced User
a_carneiro wrote:
Can anyone who has one tell me how noisy it is? I worry that it’ll have a ton of VERY LOUD fans to be able to dissipate the heat from 12 HDDs.
Per the datasheet it has five 40mm fans. The noise spec is < 28 dba, which is surprisingly quiet. Hopefully someone from Netgear ( BretD ?) can confirm that spec.
https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/storage/RR2304_RR2312_RN3138_DS.pdf
BretD
Feb 06, 2019Administrator
I'm gonna go with what the datasheet says, they do extremely detailed testing to make sure that information is accurate.
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