CrayonEater
Cadet
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- Oct 23, 2021
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Hi,
First, this forum has been helpful in getting my feet wet, but I need to find some sort of drive expansion that doesn't require any airflow, or virtually none. My NAS requirements are absolute silence, and the lowest power consumption I can get away with. I've seen some posts here and on other sites suggesting that the Dell H310 and the IBM M1015 *might* run cool enough to get by, though everyone still recommends a fan.
If it's a "no", that there are no HBAs that can stay sufficiently cool under light load without a fan, I'd grudgingly consider a small fan if it contributes absolutely no noise whatsoever and it pretty close to an out-of-the-box solution that's cheap, quick and easy. I'm not very handy, and using an HBA is not important enough that I'd instead get a cheap SATA card and call it a day. However, any thoughts, comments and opinions are appreciated.
First, this forum has been helpful in getting my feet wet, but I need to find some sort of drive expansion that doesn't require any airflow, or virtually none. My NAS requirements are absolute silence, and the lowest power consumption I can get away with. I've seen some posts here and on other sites suggesting that the Dell H310 and the IBM M1015 *might* run cool enough to get by, though everyone still recommends a fan.
If it's a "no", that there are no HBAs that can stay sufficiently cool under light load without a fan, I'd grudgingly consider a small fan if it contributes absolutely no noise whatsoever and it pretty close to an out-of-the-box solution that's cheap, quick and easy. I'm not very handy, and using an HBA is not important enough that I'd instead get a cheap SATA card and call it a day. However, any thoughts, comments and opinions are appreciated.