Subj : Re: Anyone seen/connected to...
To   : esc
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Dec 06 2023 18:11:20

  Re: Re: Anyone seen/connected to...
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to esc on Wed Dec 06 2023 09:10 am

 PF> I never noticed how much noise my homelab made until I started taking
 PF> video calls from my office and making recorders. The biggest culprit is a
 PF> Synology NAS, it's got 4 small fans in it that make most of the noise.

I spent some time this morning listening to my homelab - the Synology does make the majority of the noise; I took it down and blew the dust off of the fans, which seems to help with the off-balance noise fans can make.

Synology has a low-power setting that sometimes turns the fans off if the temp cools sufficiently. I've got that turned on for the winter.

My Proxmox server is a Thinkpad, and I bought a cheap fan laptop mat to keep it cool. Turns out some of the noise was coming from it, so I took it apart and oiled the bearings. All in all, it's significantly quieter.
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