Isn't this the same as Low, Medium, and High, which are universal standards? I think everyone knows that Low is quiet and High is loud.
Good point, I didn't make my statement clear enough.
I can have the fan on "Auto" (which goes low/med/high) to try and cool the system. What I'm suggesting is a setting for moving the temp thresholds.
Here's a
VERY loose example. Given a temp reading, the fan speed, currently shown
approximatly in the second column labeled "Speed".
Temp | Speed | Quiet | Normal | Agressive |
65 | Off | Off | Off | Off |
70 | Off | Off | Off | Off |
75 | Off | Off | Off | Low |
80 | Low | Off | Low | Low |
85 | Low | Low | Low | Low |
90 | Low | Low | Low | Med |
95 | Med | Low | Med | Med |
100 | Med | Low | Med | Med |
105 | Med | Med | Med | High |
110 | High | Med | High | High |
115 | High | High | High | High |
120 | High | High | High | High |
I'm suggesting adding a threshold adjustment, examples in the next three columns, as "Quiet", "Normal", and "Agressive" show how the fan would behave under these settings. I'm thinking that if I have the NAS (as I currently do) in a place where the noise doesn't matter, the agressive setting won't be a problem BUT, if I have the NAS with my TiVo and TV in the living room, I'd rather use the "Quiet" setting to keep the noise from becoming disturbing.
The settings I'm showing here are
examples showing how it would behave, not the actual settings that should be used.