It all sounds a bit cumbersome. I don't think you could get it too close to the external hard drives unless you literally have a room full of them, and you can get them close to the roof. Unless we're talking industrial floor fans, which I suppose exist.

Anyway, I don't think they sell them by the unit. Even if they do, they're not for sale on some shop you can go to; you most likely have to contact the company that makes them and ask them if they're willing to sell you one and you'll most likely have to pick it up.

By the way, I hope you're stinking rick, because having an industrial fan running 24/7 will cost you more in electricity bills than every other electrical apparatus combined. And you need to have three-phase electric power.

>>1394

Shit, never mind then. Thanks for the info though!

If you are the tinkering type, you could rig a block of server fans (or even regular computer fans I guess) to a power inverter. You'd have to find an inverter to match the voltage/amps on the fans and do some wiring to hook the fans up.

Grainger, dude. I recommend you A) search the website, and B) order a catalog to read on the shitter.

www.grainger.com

What you're looking for would be under the "HVAC" section, OP.

>>1397

That sounds promising and I think I've figured out how to find some fans that look good, but I don't think I can tell if they are designed to be able to run for long period at a time. You wouldn't happen to know any technical terms they might use for that other than straight up saying something like "designed to run 24/7" or "robust design for extended use".

Well, looking at some of the listed items in their HVAC section, I'd say "duty rated for..." is the best you'll get from the description info they provide, though it doesn't even say that much for most items. Keep in mind though that that shit isn't wimpy dollar-store bullshit, and most all of it is intended for serious application, so none of it is likely to give up the ghost anytime soon after installation. Just the same though, having the shit running 24/7 is not as good a setup as having it rigged to a thermostat control.

I've been thinking about this a bit though, and I do have one reason to recommend against high volumes of forced air, as provided by a fan, for your cooling needs though. It's gonna move all kinds of dust around, and your electronics are going to attract all that dust like, well, an electromagnet. Honestly, I think you'd be better off with a small AC unit, forcing lower volumes of pre-cooled air. They make ones nowadays that are quite cheap compared to the fan-options you're looking at, and they'd cost you a lot less money in energy bills too.

>>1400
I think you are underselling the endurance of cheap fans. I have run all sorts of fans for days on end and none of them have ever cheaped out on me.