Supermicro debuts super quiet server blade

Supermicro is showing off a new ultra quiet and low energy server blade at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco this week. Uncharacteristically lacking a "super" prefix in its name, the OfficeBlade is designed for offices, departmental computing and — we venture this category is a bit more narrow — personal supercomputing …

[Anonymous Coward]

Office use

yeah its fine for the office, just like having a 1.5KW electic heater on in the corner.. does it come with an external heat exchanger & hose?

[b shubin]

A stealth freight train

lessee, 50db...that's not exactly a whisper, it is more common for midrange gaming rig fans.

so 10 devices producing 50db each, eating a combined 1500W.

if this will truly be a "personal" technology in your office, yeah, just sits there in a corner, no one will notice a thing. and you thought your datacenter was noisy and had cooling problems.