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Avi Freedman writes: > [Alexis writes:] > > Does anyone know of a *small* rackmount case for PCs? By this I mean one > > that doesn't chew up quite so much vertical room as the usual boxes. > > Yes, look in computer shopper. There are some short rack-mount PCs. > I'm trying to get pricing on them now. Neat, you can tell me what you learn. :-) > And Crystal makes dream rackmounts; > 4 across, 8 down in a 7' x 19" rack. But I suspect they're hideously > expensive. They use passive backplanes :( I've seen these. If you're going that route, you can use the Multitech case or others with separable ISA backplanes. You'll get about the same density, and I think it works out a whole lot cheaper. > > One of the annoying problems using an intel box instead of a sun is that > > there's no real console. If it dies, the only way to kick it remotely is > > with a remote-control power switch. These are expensive and unwieldy, not > > mounting nicely in racks. > > I think I told you about these :) > $500 or so from Black Box, 15 or 20amps across the whole switch, but it's > code-activated and has 8 outlets. I guess you'd probably plug it into a > terminal server port. [...] Yes, in fact I noticed this while I was checking their catalog for the switch info. 15amps, which is enough for 8 Intel CPUs, as long as you're not running 4GB drives on each one. > > Lastly, I've seen this really neat rackmount chassis from Multitech. It's > > got 22 ISA slots, severable into up to 9 parts, and enough drive bays to > > actually run 9 separate servers. If you're looking for maximal density it > > seems like a good bet. The only problem I can see is that you'll need CPUs > > with both SCSI and viseo on board (thus my first question) unless you're > > willing to run on IDE drives. I figure that for light or medium-use servers, > > ethernet over ISA should be fine. > > Roughly how much? Um, well, I've run machines taking a few million web hits a day using ISA Ethernet boards. I doubt you could push a machine to the wall without using more than a T1. Maybe several T1s. /a - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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