*** WARNING *** I am a complete newbie at this!
So I just received a new Nutanix rack mounted server from a friend, two nodes and I don’t intend to run Nutanix on it.
I don’t have a rack or means of mounting it so it is just sitting on a table for now, without any soundproofing. Is it possible to use pwm to control the fans? As far as i can tell, the motherboard can control the fan speeds, like at startup.
Could i replace the fans with a noctua fan?
Low power, consumer grade hardware. That’s the only thing I can think of.
I wonder how many homelabbers pay the difference between their used server hardware and new consumer hardware every couple of years due to their electricity bill.