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Using ReadyNAS for rack mount storage for backup, comparing to Synology
Hey folks, thanks in advance for any offered guidance. I'm a one-man content production house, needing to upgrade my local backup. I use the software Retrospect to back up to local drives, and si...
Yes, by the pitch I mean the whiny little fans used in a 1U chassis. A 2U can use bigger fans, which typically have a lower (and to me, more tolerable) pitch. They are typically running at a fairly low RMP and the noise is not too bad. But during heavy loading (especially a scrub or balance), they can spin up pretty high and noisy. On the 2312, they are not at the very rear of the chassis, which does hold down the noise some. They are right in back on the 2304. It would be better they had gone with a squirrel cage fan, as some manufacturers are now doing, instead of multiple small box fans.
The 2312 is just under 36" in depth. Plus, you are going to need some room behind it for cabling and air flow. A lot of racks are not that deep,. especially fully enclosed ones. Plus, drives are added internally by removing the top cover, not in the front, so you need room in front of the rack to slide it out and add them.
I stuck with XRAID until I changed to rack mount with a non-Netgear SAS expansion chassis where it would no longer work for me. I had some experience with a Drobo DAS and it's "expandable" RAID and understand your frustration with it. XRAID is nothing like that.
Sandshark wrote:Yes, by the pitch I mean the whiny little fans used in a 1U chassis.
Got it. Only one way to find out… The noise is a concern but I can build a simple baffle around it if it's too much. It's going into a big open space (warehouse building) and will be up on an open second floor but I do video production so noise is always a concern. Really only one way to find out for sure though!
Sandshark wrote:The 2312 is just under 36" in depth. Plus, you are going to need some room behind it for cabling and air flow. A lot of racks are not that deep,. especially fully enclosed ones. Plus, drives are added internally by removing the top cover, not in the front, so you need room in front of the rack to slide it out and add them.
Fortunately I have plenty of space, and the rack I've ordered is 34" deep so this may hang out the back a little but that's OK.
What an adventure… thanks again.
If the rack backs up to a wall and is open in the rear, but some noise abatement foam on the wall a bit bigger than the width and height of the rack. Do make sure you still leave enough space between the wall and the foam for proper air flow, though -- at least 6". Most of the noise comes out the rear, and stopping it from echoing about the room makes a big difference.
Noise out the back — good to know, too. I will leave enough room behind the rack to stand behind it. Greatest decision I made in setting up my main work desk is leaving room behind to walk back there, not crawl or squeeze. I'll definitely do the same here, and I have a spare acoustic blanket I can hang behind it to absorb some sound. I will leave enough space on the sides to set up a "wall" of insulation foam with 4x8ft insulation boards if necessary.
RR2304 fans are not that loud. The three fans avg about 2100rpm.
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