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Controlling fan speen PS6210?
I've got a PS6210 set up for a lab environment and while I can see the fan speeds I'm wondering if there is a way to reduce them to let it run a bit warmer but bring the noise level down. Anyone successfully done something like this?
Thanks.
dwilliam62
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April 18th, 2019 08:00
Hello,
I'm sorry no. You cannot manually control the fan speeds.
Regards,
Don
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April 18th, 2019 09:00
I'm disappointed but not surprised by that. I'll have to figure out something else to mitigate the noise.
dwilliam62
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April 18th, 2019 11:00
Hello,
An option that could lead to premature failure of hardware would not a be a good thing, in my opinion.
Regards,
Don
EQLbox
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April 18th, 2019 12:00
The option exists on my R730s as a setting right in the DRAC, so I doubt having the fans spin slower while at lower temperatures is truly dangerous.
dwilliam62
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April 19th, 2019 08:00
Hello,
I do totally understand what you are saying. My only reply would be losing a single server is bad, but losing all your data is far worse. Even if you have backups and a DR solution.
Regards,
Don
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April 24th, 2019 15:00
Considering I've said repeatedly it's for a lab, I'm not sure why people can't accept that maybe I'm not entirely worried about "Maximum uptime". At this point I'm more inclined to recycle it and call it a day. I'll fire up a Nutanix CE on some quiet boxes.
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April 24th, 2019 20:00
Hello,
I really do hear what you are saying. I also have experienced that some else comes along and puts real data on it. I've had cases where it was neglected for years as a lab system. Then RAIDset double faults and now they need that data.
Regards,
Don