[5497] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avi Freedman)
Mon Oct 21 18:34:44 1996
From: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
To: nathan@netrail.net (Nathan Stratton)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 11:16:10 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: freedman@netaxs.com, alexis@panix.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961021101618.4945F-100000@netrail.net> from "Nathan Stratton" at Oct 21, 96 10:19:39 am
> On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Avi Freedman wrote:
>
> > Yes, look in computer shopper. There are some short rack-mount PCs.
> > I'm trying to get pricing on them now. 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 :(
>
> We use rack-mount PC case from Intergrand, they are $300 with a 250 watt
> power supply.
Are they the short ones - about 5.25" or so in height?
> > They refused to even give me a price on just "how much for the case,
> > power supply, backplane, and processor card w/ no cpu or memory"?
> > I explained that we had to decide on a standard now for colo customers,
> > that people walk in with 3' high tower cases and we go "nonononono".
> > (Those that don't accept our advise and get Suns).
>
> Ya, we try to get all our colos to use the Intergrand box, we sell them at
> cost just to keep it nice and neat.
>
> Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Tracking the future today!
Avi
