Hey all, how's it going?
So I'm hoping to get people's thoughts on the noise of my NAS and what I can do about it.
I had an old big PC that I was using as Plex server/NAS which I was keeping in a shed in the garden. Long story short, we had to move. The new house is a new build of which we were given plans for before it was finished. The plans showed that an understairs cupboard just off the living room had electrical sockets and the broadband connection within it. The ageing PC had been out in the shed for quite a few years, it's drives were starting to show signs of failing and other issues, so I decided to buy my 920+ NAS and to keep it under the stairs. Now that the house is finished and we're about to move in, I'm finding out that the plans weren't reliable and the said cupboard doesn't have electrics in and that the broadband connection actually comes into the living room.
Currently I have the NAS inside a sideboard in our current living room, but omg it is loud. Not sure if having 4 X WS Red Pro drives is making it louder. I've set the fan to quiet mode but this makes little difference. I've placed the NAS on a bit of non slip rubber matting in the hopes of dampening the vibrations, which made a very slight improvement.
So, now we're moving next week and I need to do something about this. I've thought of lining the sideboard cupboard it's in with thicker foam but unsure whether this will be enough. I've also thought of moving the NAS to another room and attaching it to one of the mesh satellites I use. However, the only place I can think might work is another cupboard by my bedroom. It'll probably still need some sort of foam noise insulation, but I'm dubious about the NAS being connected through Wi-fi. The mesh router/satellite is fairly old now and as I use the NAS for Plex, and share my media with family members in different countries, I'm worried this might slow streaming down too much.
So, has anyone had similar experiences? How have people dealt with the noise of their NAS's? Would you recommend ethernet over powerline rather than WiFi? Or keep the NAS next to the router in the living room and noise insulate it somehow?
Thanks for your thoughts
So I'm hoping to get people's thoughts on the noise of my NAS and what I can do about it.
I had an old big PC that I was using as Plex server/NAS which I was keeping in a shed in the garden. Long story short, we had to move. The new house is a new build of which we were given plans for before it was finished. The plans showed that an understairs cupboard just off the living room had electrical sockets and the broadband connection within it. The ageing PC had been out in the shed for quite a few years, it's drives were starting to show signs of failing and other issues, so I decided to buy my 920+ NAS and to keep it under the stairs. Now that the house is finished and we're about to move in, I'm finding out that the plans weren't reliable and the said cupboard doesn't have electrics in and that the broadband connection actually comes into the living room.
Currently I have the NAS inside a sideboard in our current living room, but omg it is loud. Not sure if having 4 X WS Red Pro drives is making it louder. I've set the fan to quiet mode but this makes little difference. I've placed the NAS on a bit of non slip rubber matting in the hopes of dampening the vibrations, which made a very slight improvement.
So, now we're moving next week and I need to do something about this. I've thought of lining the sideboard cupboard it's in with thicker foam but unsure whether this will be enough. I've also thought of moving the NAS to another room and attaching it to one of the mesh satellites I use. However, the only place I can think might work is another cupboard by my bedroom. It'll probably still need some sort of foam noise insulation, but I'm dubious about the NAS being connected through Wi-fi. The mesh router/satellite is fairly old now and as I use the NAS for Plex, and share my media with family members in different countries, I'm worried this might slow streaming down too much.
So, has anyone had similar experiences? How have people dealt with the noise of their NAS's? Would you recommend ethernet over powerline rather than WiFi? Or keep the NAS next to the router in the living room and noise insulate it somehow?
Thanks for your thoughts