minus-squareEasyRhino75@alien.topBtoHomelab@selfhosted.forum•How is the WD RED PLUS 12 TB quieter than the 6 TB versions?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI would suspect the quieter at idle is because of helium. I have both drives and can confirm the old bruisers are pretty loud. Drives are going to be a little louder doing a random workload than when idle or doing sequential work linkfedilink
minus-squareEasyRhino75@alien.topBtoHomelab@selfhosted.forum•When does it stop being homelab and become homeserver?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoGotta turn the labhouse into a labhome linkfedilink
minus-squareEasyRhino75@alien.topBtoHomelab@selfhosted.forum•I have received more ancient servers. This time a DL380 G4, SCSI versionlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI wonder if the big copper heatsinks are worth more than the CPUs linkfedilink
I would suspect the quieter at idle is because of helium.
I have both drives and can confirm the old bruisers are pretty loud.
Drives are going to be a little louder doing a random workload than when idle or doing sequential work