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Fan Control for ReadyNAS NV+ v2 (Make it more quiet please)
I have been trying to get my nv+ v2 a little bit quiter for a while now and haven't really succeeded. I changed the fan, and it helped, but I can't get the fan to work as slow as I'd like. The disks ...
Thank you for the long reply. I appreciate the help.
The fan I'm currently using is the Noctua A9x14: http://noctua.at/en/products/fan/nf-a9x14-pwm with the low speed transformer which supposedly lowers the noise value to around 13 db. The fan is good, and I'm not really complaining about that, what I don't understand is why the fan is running at a constant speed and throttle at all times.
Most of the time the NAS is idle, if I'm using it then it's most likely because I'm working or watching a movie. The problem I'm having is the idle noise when no one is using it; it seems strange to me that the fan isn't controlling its speed based on the temperature or usage. Even after installing the low throttle adapter from noctua its still too loud for when its not actually doing anything.
Unfortunately I've tried to relocate the NAS and currently that's not an option due to network access and apartment layout. And any closet I could put it in would be small and cramped and restrict air flow much worse than simply turning down the fan during idle time.
Doesn't the NV+ V2 have fan control settings based on temperature or usage? And if it does, is there an easy way to test this?
I don't think the NV+ V2 had a fan speed control. It's a older NAS running a older OS. I don't think there was a fan option. I sold mine a while ago and so I can't look. I don't really find anything on Google about it. Does the fan slow down and go into low power, sleep mode? On mine,OS6 I have a Disc Spindown setting, I have set for 5 minutes of inactivity. So it takes a few extra seconds to wait for it to start back up when I go to access it. I also have a Power Timer setting where I have it power down late night until morning when no one is going to be using it at all. Once it shuts down, I can't access it at all. I have to physically hit the power button to power it back up. These are things you can do to save some energy. Still powering down the HDD doesn't happen for to long at times because I have a number of programs on it that are busy at times searching and downloading on it's own.
It is a low end NAS, with not a lot of features. It did it's job. I just don't remember mine having a loud fan and I never touched it. On mine, it shows a picture of a fan. You can see the picture on mine. This is OS6.1.1 You can't tell by this picture, but you can see a picture of the fan spining behind that grill picture. So you have you're 3 settings of Cool, Balance (Which I'm using) and Quite. So Quite will run the Slowest while Cool will run the fastest. The RPM speed is always changing on it's own to the needs of the NAS. You can also see my CPU and System temp. I modified my NAS with a faster cpu and went from 4 to 16 gig's of ram. I think OS4 and OS5 just had a FAN Icon with a Green Dot to show that it was working OK. You could always just power it down when your not using it.
You can also buy a newer ReadyNAS that is running OS6 and newer. I just remember that NAS being really pretty poky slow. I can Max out my Gigabit Network moving files to and frm my current NAS. Back when I had the NV+ V2, I only got about 1/5 the transfer speeds I have now. You may want to look at a new one. A ReadyNAS 214 for example. $394.99 currently on Amazon. It's a 4 Bay unit. Also listed as Amazon's Choice. (RN21400-100NES). It's a much better NAS. Faster, has 2 ethernet ports thatyou can link togeather if you have a Managed switch. Runs OS6+. Uisng the better, modern BTRFS file system. You might get $100 for your current NAS making the new cost cost you a $100 less.
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