[gurabli]

You got me here, I haven't done that, and I don't want to do that. I just wanted to illustrate that it is possible, or it should be, if we get lucky. If one goes with so much drives, probably building a separate has box is the solution, I completely agree. However, I'm running a home server with itx board and 4 hdd now, and it is still in my living room, in a Pioneer hifi stand, you can't even hear it is on. It comes down to choosing proper drives too, but still, you are right. I believe a 2 drive raid with another drive for system should do the trick for most of us, and that will be noiseless for sure.