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RE: Rack Mount 4U - Lots of Drives?


  • Subject: RE: Rack Mount 4U - Lots of Drives?
  • From: "Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 22:57:29 +0100


> > I've been thinking about one of these for the next server at
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> > fatbloke...
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> Is that rackmountable?  =A3?

Dunno and about =A3110.
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> > Add in a couple more 4-in-3 modules (http://tinyurl.com/3z57t)
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> Those are very nice, like the big fan.

Yup.

> > get 12 data drives in there
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> The case I have will take 12 drives total.

Yes but some in caddies and some hanging from rails etc. ... I like my
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to be nice and neat and consistent. :-)

> > plus an optical drive and a boot drive
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> No need for an optical drive once the OS is installed :)

Yes there is - you can never have too many ripping machines. :-D

> > extender which allows two PSUs to be triggered together so you
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> > easily cope with the power demands of all those drives too.
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> Using the VIA power calculator one of the guys on IRC sent me=20
> showed the max power my setup needed at around 150watts only.=20
>  So a 450watt PSU is more than enough.

What, even when spinning up a full complement of hard discs at power on?

Phil




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