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I wouldn't want to spend too much time in there without ear protection! Is it common for data centers to be this loud?
by dmitryminkovsky 4y ago
I wouldn't want to spend too much time in there without ear protection! Is it common for data centers to be this loud?
- c0balt 4y agoYeah, the fan noise is that loud. You should use hearing protection in there, even when staying for a short amount of time. Though I have heard about some special DCs that use water cooling and as such can defer the noise away from the racks.
- kqr 4y agoSure -- especially in the hot aisles it can be hard to have conversations. I doubt it's much worse than a nightclub though.
- quercusa 4y agoEh? Certainly back when all the disks spun. That and the server fans and the A/C make quite the racket.
- yellowapple 4y agoI've been in my share of datacenters and most of 'em are at least a little bit quieter now. Still loud, but not to the extent that you have to shout constantly.
- guenthert 4y agoIt varies. Once I've been at a customer's data center with raised floors some ten years ago. It felt like an hurricane when you removed one of the tiles. Loud and cold (ear protection and wind breaker mandatory). Hard to communicate there, harder still to think. Not a nice place to be. Keep it in mind when choosing your career.
- namibj 4y agoI got a "3M Peltor X5A" a couple years back as a "thinking cap": put on to think in thought-hostile environments. Works like a charm. Probably best 30 bucks I ever spent. For comms use a wind-proof mic on a headset boom and earphones under the X5A.