ML 150 noise

[Jamie Holmes_2]

Hi

We are thinking of buying 3 Proliant ML 150 servers for a rack cabinet we have located here in the office. The main consideration apart from performance/reliability etc, is that the servers be as quiet as possible, since they will be located in close proximity to the office workers - can anyone tell me from first hand experience if these servers would be suitable? I know its not the ideal situation, but we do not have any other option at the moment

[Tv_3]

Hi, do you know the sound of a vacuum cleaner? It wil be sound like this.

Excuse me to say, but if your company takes IT seriously the should at least give you a seperate room, cooling, dust, you know.

Best Regards,

[Jamie Holmes_2]

hi

Are you sure? Do you have one? As I got the decibel specs from HP and they appear to be (for this server with fixed disks when idle) to be around the 40DBa mark - the current 1U servers we have that are too noisy are ranked around 70DBa - about the same as a vacuum cleaner.

I already know what the decibel ratings are for this server and others, but what I really need to know is that if anyone has this server sitting next to them or ina server room running now who can tell me if it makes unbearable noise

[Terry Hutchings · Accepted solution]

I have a ML150 G1 and a ML150 G2 sitting nearby and neither one is loud.

These are about as loud as the average desktop.