Hi Stuart,<br><br>You could try and get hold of an old line printer sound proof cabinet. These were used to house impact printers, and also had pretty decent cooling as standard.<br><br>Some of the larger Epson and Tally line printers still use this type of cabinet, but as impact printing becomes obsolete, the cabinets may well be available cheaply.<br>
<br>If you're on an unlimited budget, you could try:<br><br><a href="http://www.acoustiproducts.com">www.acoustiproducts.com</a><br><br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Marcus<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 October 2011 15:26, David Holden <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dh@iucr.org">dh@iucr.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Ask them if they can hear it first.<br>
<br>
<br>
Dave.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
<br>
On 13/10/11 13:41, Stuart Burns wrote:<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> Hiya everyone,<br>
><br>
> I have a cupboard (used to house hot water tank etc) that I use for my<br>
> servers. Great. Only problem is the sound. Let me elaborate:<br>
><br>
> I have<br>
><br>
> 3!!! DL 385s, so 2 psu, 8 15K SCSI drives across them, 6 internal fans<br>
> as all machines are dual socket quad core.<br>
> 1 * ML115 with 5 drives<br>
> I also have my el cheapo ISCSI storage network (5 disks).<br>
><br>
> In addition I have several other boxes<br>
><br>
> Now as you can imagine this gets loud, so loud that I usually have to<br>
> shut off the DL's at night because next door must be going bonkers with<br>
> the noise.<br>
><br>
> Anyone ever had this problem and how did it get resolved ?<br>
><br>
> I did think of sticking them in an outdoor shed, but figured that prolly<br>
> wasn't the best idea.<br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
><br>
> Stuart<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
</div></div><div class="im">> _______________________________________________<br>
> Chester mailing list<br>
> <a href="mailto:Chester@mailman.lug.org.uk">Chester@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>
> <a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester</a><br>
<br>
</div><font color="#888888">--<br>
Dr David Holden. (<a href="mailto:dh@iucr.org">dh@iucr.org</a>)<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Chester mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Chester@mailman.lug.org.uk">Chester@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>
<a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br>