[plug] Hot and bothered CPU hankers for cool breeze

Bernd Felsche bernie at innovative.iinet.net.au
Tue Dec 16 18:42:48 WST 2003


On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 06:08:25PM +0800, Derek Fountain wrote:
> > But then, an IBM x-series server has noise levels around 56dBA at
> > one metre when its fans kick into high speed. Certainly works well
> > to mask the complaint that might otherwise be heard from lusers. :-)

> I used to work at an IBM lab where we had about 400 of those
> babies in one room. Every single one was running Linux too!

I hope you were wearing HEARING PROTECTION! :-)

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