Rich Teer wrote on Wednesday 28 April 2004 18:07 :

> On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Ale Vesely wrote:
>
>> I had to move the 280R inside the office:
>> not rackmounted it's just on the table and
>> its noise drives me crazy. It is 80 dB: and
>> they ask me to keep the door closed so that
>> the noise drops below 70 dB in the next room!
>>
>> Is there a noise-reduction rack or something?
>
> I don't think so; they ARE designed for data center
> (rather than office) use, after all!

I always thought that the F280R server and the B2000 workstation used the
same motherboard. If so, maybe a conversion is possible? Certainly not
cheap, but the B2000 must be intended to not bother much in office
environments? [Only B2000s I've ever seen run rendering software in a print
room - now, these printers aren't exactly silent either, so I've never
heard how much noise a B2000 creates. It will also remain a mistery to me
why these headless B2000s have to be physically close to the printers and
not actually be F280Rs in the server room next door.]