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I have a detached garage where I want to store a backup TrueNAS server. The garage isn't insulated and living in Berkshire County Massachusetts, the temp gets down to the teens out there.

Has anyone ever run a server in that type of cold? I was thinking of running it fanless and letting the CPU warm the enclosure.

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[–] huskypenguin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oooo that's an interesting idea. I'd love to hear if this works.

Edit: thinking further after I sent that message. Fans or fanless wouldn't change the amount of heat the computer creates. It's still going to create the same amount of heat. I'd leave the fans in, just putting it in the location should be enough.