Comment on Silent Storage Solutions for Homelab?
tal@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
I tried a fully fledged consumer NAS (QNAP with Seagate 12 TB NAS drives) but the noise of the platters was not acceptable.
If you have a NAS, then you can put it as far away as your network reaches. Just put it somewhere where you can’t hear the thing.
koldanor@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yeah I would do that if I could but unfortunately we would hear the thing regardless of where I would set it up in the flat.
tburkhol@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I realize you’re looking for new toys, but ‘anywhere in the flat’ includes ‘under a pile of pillows.’ Otherwise, for personal photo-sized storage, just put a couple 2.5mm format SSDs in the QNAP.
felbane@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
maybe not literally though, hard drives do need some cooling…
tal@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
Okay, this is unfortunately DIY, but if you’re willing to spend time:
Get a plywood box and put it in there.
If you hear vibrations, put sorbothane between the NAS and the box.
If you need more sound absorption, put acoustic foam on the inside.
If you need more cooling, drill two holes, mount a case fan, and run the air through some kind of baffle. Like, maybe attach insulated flex-duct, like this:
www.amazon.com/…/B07HC8CXQG