[21007] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 2U chassis (was Linux Router Kit)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Geoff White)
Sat Oct 31 14:28:00 1998
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 11:21:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Geoff White <geoffw@precipice.v-site.net>
To: Adam Rothschild <asr@millburn.net>
cc: nanog@merit.edu, list@inet-access.net
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810311347420.26486-100000@thuule.pair.com>
On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, Adam Rothschild wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, Geoff White wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> 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?
