This could be an option I guess - however the current case is a HP z440, which is SO convenient for building in that I need an extra good reason to get rid of it. Zero screws, just latches. Carrying handles.
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CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Why don’t you buy a different enclosure for the drives? I have a Fractal Designs Define 6 and I dont hear any of my drives even sitting a foot away from it. The case cost me less than a single 8TB drives, and can hold around 12 3.5" drives, so it seems to be the most economical solution over running your drives into the ground by having them spin up and spin down regularly.
thecoffeehobbit@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
But how often are you really in there fiddling with things to the point that not needing a Philips screwdriver outweighs your need to sleep each night?
thecoffeehobbit@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
I’m possibly biased by the amount of initial fiddling with all the disks and pcie cards and hunting down where the noise was coming from. Will keep in mind.
rem26_art@fedia.io 5 days ago
I could see making sure the NAS' case is a well built/sealed one to reduce noise. I have 4 of those Seagate enterprise drives in a mesh case and boy are they loud lmao, so I get where OP is coming from.