We are trying to roll our own server/router/accounting box and
have everything speced out but the chassis, we need to find a PC rack
mount chassis that is no higher than 2U ( 3.5"). The co-los we use charge
us not only by bandwidth but by real estate, we need to cram as many boxes
as we can in the space. In fact if you know of a 1U (like the cobalt
boxes) that would be even better. Any clues would be greatly appreciated.
Geoff White
GW Communications Inc.
Whoa, that would be awfully tight. If I were you, I would
simply pay for extra rack space, and get an Appro (www.appro.com) NITEO or
42xx...
If I use a mother board that has Ultra2 scsi and 10/100 all on board I
don't need anything else, theese are servers, I don't need sound cards,
framebuffers, or anything else, just space for two 4 Gig disks
The units that mention 5 slot passive backplanes... can I still put an ATX
formfactor motherboard in the bottom?
Try looking at the Crystal Computer CS500 series of machines. If memeory
serves, these are around 2-3U high, but are narrow so that four of them on
their shelf will fit in the space of one normal rack chassis.
Paul
HP's rolled out a nice pair of 2U racked units. One's an HP9000 designed
for ISPs, but the other one's a Netserver. I saw the Netserver at this
fall Internet World, and it looked pretty good.
http://www.hp.com/netserver/index.htm
If you look at the picture in the middle, the second rack from the left
shows 20 dual PII's in a single 2.0 meter rack.
If you're looking for one of their unix servers, the new A class is also
3.5" high, but packs the power of a D330 into it. Check them out...really
well done.
We are trying to roll our own server/router/accounting box and
have everything speced out but the chassis, we need to find a PC rack
mount chassis that is no higher than 2U ( 3.5"). The co-los we use charge
us not only by bandwidth but by real estate, we need to cram as many boxes
as we can in the space. In fact if you know of a 1U (like the cobalt
boxes) that would be even better. Any clues would be greatly appreciated.
This may not help for a single server, but if you're need multiple boxes,
what about using Crystal PCs. They're 4-5 U, but you can fit two or four
of them on the same mounting shelf depending on the model.
Geoff White
GW Communications Inc.
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We are trying to roll our own server/router/accounting box and
have everything speced out but the chassis, we need to find a PC rack
mount chassis that is no higher than 2U ( 3.5"). ...
My friend Billy Bath of Telenet (billy@tesys.com) has been selling me
Integrand boxes (4U) for some years now, and he just recently commissioned
his own sheet metal. He has a 2.5U case and also a 2U case, both with lots
of fans and with the option of dual/hotswap power supplies. He'd probably
sell them as either raw components or as built systems. For my part, I've
bought my last Integrand. I just don't need that much airspace any more.
Billy's box is every bit as well made as the Integrand 590 is/was.
Disclaimer: Billy is a friend, so I would benefit indirectly from someone
believing any or all of the above.
The Nightshade motherboard from Intel fits this, with 10/100, scsi, 2
meg video built in.
I know I saw some L-shaped PCI / ISA cards over near one of these
chasis just the other day near a salesmans desk. This would allow for
another pci networking card. However, I don't know whether or not we
are selling them right yet. That question/answer belongs to
sales@varesearch.com.
rob
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> We are trying to roll our own server/router/accounting box and
> have everything speced out but the chassis, we need to find a PC rack
> mount chassis that is no higher than 2U ( 3.5"). The co-los we use charge
> us not only by bandwidth but by real estate, we need to cram as many boxes
> as we can in the space. In fact if you know of a 1U (like the cobalt
> boxes) that would be even better. Any clues would be greatly appreciated.This may not help for a single server, but if you're need multiple boxes,
what about using Crystal PCs. They're 4-5 U, but you can fit two or four
of them on the same mounting shelf depending on the model.
In addition to their compact size, they also have alarm pannels for fans,
etc and an output to be hooked to an alarm system. They also have an
option for -48v power. The hight allows the use of standard size cards.
See:
It is common to see a Crystal ad in telecommunications magazines.