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Dell Power Edge 2950

Hi Experts,

I just got a Dell PowerEdge 2950 server to use as my test lab.

The unit has two power supply. Does the server consume more power if both power supply is plugged in vs only having one power supply plugged in ?

I notice that the fans are very loud. Is there a way to reduce the overall noise of this server ?

Any thoughts

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Hassan Besher

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yes, 2 PSU will consume more power jbut you have redundancy - if it is a test server and you do not need it with fault tolerance then you can just use one of them and save some electricity
regarding fans enter into BIOS and check fan settings for less rpm or dynamic control

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Mohammed Khawaja

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Good morning,

Thank you all for your help with this item. I will try these steps and report back the results.

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