HDD Silencing

[kgls13349]

Hi Does anyone have any suggestions for quietening noisy HDD? i have two drives in my NAS that i have decoupled so i have no issue with vibration but they are quite noisy running normally
If prices wernt mental i would get some quieter drives but that’s not an option right now, i know there used to be HDD enclosures made to curb some of the noise but they have been long discontinued.

any suggestions for quietening noise would be appreciated!

 

[Ice Tea]

Does your NAS have a hdparm quiet option, though it would reduce the speed.

 

[SoundsGood]

You could try suspending the hard drives in some kind of cradle constructed from bungee cord.

 

[bledd]

I put my Synology in the attic, I bought an Ikea Lack table (£5), then used 3mm plywood to turn it into a cube, couple of holes for fans in/out running at 5V, sits in there running quietly and cool enough in the summer.

 

[kgls13349]

Hi Thanks for the replies,
Sorry i should have given more information
I currently have an old WD My Cloud EX2 but i have been looking at building my own nas so i can set it up however i want.
I have thought about trying to suspend the drives but the noise of a mechanical drive spinning still carries i had no issues previously as i had it in a cupboard in my front room but i have had to move and where i am now doesn’t really have anywhere i could put it without it bothering someone so i am currently stuck with it in my bedroom, i have been doing the obvious and turning it off at night.

 

[darael]

Depending on your case, you could use the bungee cord method to mount drives in the 5.25" bays.

 

[kgls13349]

i could mount the drives from bungee but do you think it would make that much difference? i know vibration travels but there doesnt seem to make a difference if i hold it up myself

 

[jigger]

Cover the inside of the case with sound deadening panels. Indasa panels are pretty good.

 

[Nails]

As @jigger says, sound deadening material on any large panels. It's one of the reasons I'm still using a Fractal R5 for my server case. The side panels have sound deadening. The HDD trays have rubber HDD dampeners. Any vibrations generated by the disks will travel through a normal case frame and body panels. Much like when you crank the speakers too loud in a badly insulated / sound deadened car and can hear the body panels vibrate. You will never entirely eliminate the noise, but you can vastly reduced it. If you're so sensitive to the noise and it is that bad with spinning disks, the only real solution is to move to solid state, which with prices how they are would be nuts.