All of those hard drives will produce quite a bit of heat just sitting idle.
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IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoIf it’s just a media server that spends 99.5% of its life idling, temps might not actually be that bad.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
They won’t really produce any heat if they sleep properly. Also that should help them last quite a bit longer.
Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
They usually do transcoding when you watch a movie or so. Depending on hardware that may heat it up a bit. I guess if it would have heating problems then OP would have resolved that already though.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
But enclosed in a box without much airflow and those temps are going to creep up over time. And take even longer to cool down. Hopefully there’s fans in the bottom or side. Because one exhaust is not great for even just the heat from those hard drives.
I think the best way to handle airflow out is to have a turn or two on the intake/exhausts for the noise to get trapped. I personally just put mine in my basement though. That limits the sound pretty well.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I personally built a server house a couple hundred feet away from my mansion.
I’d also put mine in the basement, but I live in a flat.