Abstract: An information handling system may include a backplane configured to couple at a first side thereof to a plurality of physical storage resources, an air mover configured to provide cooling to the information handling system, and a shelf coupled to the backplane at a second, opposite side thereof, wherein the shelf is disposed between the first side of the backplane and the air mover. The shelf may include an acoustically absorbent material.

Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems may comprise a system for reducing acoustic energy in a chassis, the system comprising an acoustically absorbent material configured to fill a volume in the chassis between a set of fans and a set of components. A plurality of ducts formed in the acoustically absorbent material prevents turbulent shedding around obstacles and areas of recirculation to streamline the airflows and the acoustically absorbent material absorbs acoustic energy traveling through the ducts.

Abstract: An information handling system includes multiple hard disk drives, a central processing unit (CPU) and memory complex, a graphics processing unit (GPU) and input/output (I/O) complex, multiple cooling fans, and first and second airflow vanes. The cooling fans pull in airflow through the hard disk drives and push the airflow through both the CPU and memory complex and the GPU and I/O complex. The first and second airflow vanes are located between the hard disk drives and the cooling fans. The first and second vanes are in a first configuration when the information handling system is in a CPU and memory centric configuration, and in a second configuration when the information handling system is in a GPU and I/O centric configuration.

Abstract: An information handling system includes multiple hard disk drives, a central processing unit (CPU) and memory complex, a graphics processing unit (GPU) and input/output (I/O) complex, multiple cooling fans, and first and second airflow vanes. The cooling fans pull in airflow through the hard disk drives and push the airflow through both the CPU and memory complex and the GPU and I/O complex. The first and second airflow vanes are located between the hard disk drives and the cooling fans. The first and second vanes are in a first configuration when the information handling system is in a CPU and memory centric configuration, and in a second configuration when the information handling system is in a GPU and I/O centric configuration.