Any comparisons/test of noise: Suspend under desk (straps?) vs Mount on rubber/foam
Hi
As the title says, looking for any people/sites/YT vids that have tested noise suppression using various methods, for a chonky NAS.
I am looking at 6-8 drives, 24-28tb EXOS. Quite loud...
I don't have the option of a cupboard or some kind of enclosed space, or a separate room.
I sleep in the room next door and in the past, I have found the drive seeking noises (tock tock tock tock) kind of travel through the desk, floor, wall, and I can hear it when trying to sleep. Computer processes work during the night so, yeah can't just turn it off.
And in general I just HATE the sound of HDD chatter. It's very distracting.
SSD NAS is not an option, I can't get enough storage, just crazy $$$.
Hence the idea of possibly suspending on some straps (think straps in the shape of a # ) under the desk could minimize sound transfer?
But this seems to be something hardly anyone does / talks about.
Thanks all
Posted Dec 7, 2025, 11:48 PM UTC