[ale] DIY NAS vs Boxed NAS?

[George Allen]

A friend just showed me this post re 200T Gluster setup on odroids:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/8ocjxz/200tb_glusterfs_odroid_hc2_build/


On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 8:35 AM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Hmm. I'm wondering if active noise cancellation would be a good solution
> for fan noise. It's a consistent sound which should be easy to build.
>
> On December 8, 2018 3:28:20 PM EST, Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> That would work assuming the cases were actually 200 mm wide.  Most are
>> about 175 mm wide (tower style).
>>
>> On 2018-12-05 15:00, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
>>
>>> Dremel the side panel?
>>>
>>> Don't tell me you don't have plexiglass there for the RGB lighting.  Gotta have
>>> that.  Adding a 200mm fan shouldn't be too hard.
>>>
>>>  They make 200mm fans, and those things are very, very quiet while
>>>>>  moving quite a bit of air.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>  Well, I know, I have a catalog with fans of all sizes but standard
>>>>  computer cases only support a typical size of 120 mm with some
>>>>  supporting 140 mm.  Cases with mount points (and vents) large enough to
>>>>  support even bigger fans are harder to get.
>>>>
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