Tower vs. 2U in non-air-conditioned room

T

TObject

n00b
Joined
Feb 10, 2012
Messages
7
In your opinion, is it worth taking server hardware out of a 2U chassis and sticking it in an Antec TITAN650 case?

This is for a server that will be chugging away in a non-air-conditioned room. The ambient temperatures may rise to 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer.

The server has two 3 GHz air-cooled CPUs (non-overclocked) and four hard-drives (two 15K and two 7200).

The 2U case has four 80mm fans that turn the whole 2U enclosure into a kind of wind tunnel. The TITAN650 has one 120mm fan on the back, plus two 92 mm fans in front near the drives, plus 80 mm overheat fan on the side panel. That is in addition to power supply and CPU fans.

I know the Titan will be quitter. The Titan also offers capabilities of extending cooling capacity, if needed, since there is plenty of room. But for the basic configurations listed in the paragraph above, which one will cool better?
 
Database server, file server, reserve mail server, reserve DNS server. Most of the time it sits idle and donates its cycles to a distributed computing project (I can shut down the DC during hot months to prevent overheating).
 
It probably depends on the amount of air the fans can move in proportion to the case volume. What are your temps right now?
 
You're not likely to move more air through the case in a generic tower setup than you will in a well designed 2U. What are the comparative CFMs of the 2U and tower fans?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top