I’m here for Defcon and this girl is around $160 a night midweek. Food prices are still stupid until you get way off the strip and the parking is free once again. I’m not sure about the free drinks. I get those other ways.

Use a long screwdriver and touch the housing of the drive with the tip and then put the handle up to your ear. You will hear the tick very loud on the bad drive

The power edge server is going to draw way more power just because it has a “powerful” cpu(s) and other power running components. The Qnap will be much quieter and consume maybe a few watts less power than your existing setup, potentially. I wouldn’t use it though because your existing setup is way more flexible on what you can do with it.