Where are the external drives living? Hard drive make their own noise. Might consider going with solid state if you want silence.
One example of this that’s making the rounds: https://www.asustor.com/en/product/FS67
Where are the external drives living? Hard drive make their own noise. Might consider going with solid state if you want silence.
One example of this that’s making the rounds: https://www.asustor.com/en/product/FS67
40 HDD is a lot.
Check out 45 Drives. They have a homelab focused offering that has 15 bays https://45homelab.com/#product
To get 40 hard drives, you’d be looking at something like their Storinator S45 https://www.45drives.com/products/storinator-s45-configurations.php