
24 PowerEdge VRTX Technical Guide
standard M620s
“enhanced acoustics” M620s
and/or all M520s
Figure 9. VRTX acoustics
For background information on Dell Enterprise acoustics, such as metrics and operating conditions,
see the Dell white paper Dell Enterprise Acoustics.
Data summary for VRTX acoustics
Acoustical data for a typical configuration
1
2.5-inch hard drive version of the VRTX platform with
three sample blade configurations and utilizations in 23 ± 2 °C ambient (per ISO acoustical
standards) are as follows:
All M520 server nodes at idle and operating
2
— LwA-UL
3
= 5.5 bels
— LpA
4
= 37 dBA
— No prominent tones
5
— What this means: These levels would be masked by most open office environments, such as
air-conditioning noise and conference room conversation. For this configuration, the system
at 50% workload sounds the same as at idle.
One or more M620 server nodes with the enhanced acoustics processor and heatsink option
— Idle
2
> LwA-UL
3
= 5.5 bels
> LpA
4
= 37 dBA
— Operating
2
> LwA-UL
3
= 5.8 bels
> LpA
4
= 38 dBA
> No prominent tones
5
— What this means: These levels would be masked by most open office environments, such as
air-conditioning noise and conference room conversation. For this configuration, the system
at 50% workload is 30% louder than at idle. The enhanced acoustics option uses fewer
Value measured at
your ears
Equivalent familiar
noise experience
Data center, vacuum cleaner, voice
must be elevated to be heard
Whispering, open office layout,
normal living room
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