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82db? Wild. I guess they don't really care that much about noise in data centers though.
If it doesn't sound like a jet plane taking off, is it really a server at all?
Hey, my home server netbook can play
jet_plane_taking_off.opus.No they really dont. Big ass fans running 24/7 to help the small fans running 24/7. It all blends into an easily ignored drone though just dont try to have a conversation in there.
What?
Sorry, I think I might have hearing damage from all this constant noise.
They mostly don't, but this is also not how the datacenters cool them.
A datacenter will either have an open water loop, or an all in one taking heat to a more advantagous place for a radiator to be, or at the very least better managed airflow with bigger fans and more specific air baffles.
This thing has no such luxury and has a small area and unknown broader thermal context, so screaming it is to make up for the limitations of the scenario.