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RE: Re: Source of cheap SMALL 19" cabinet/rack?


  • Subject: RE: Re: Source of cheap SMALL 19" cabinet/rack?
  • From: "Stephen Jones" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 01:03:46 -0000

>> If you are the Dermot I know then you're in NI.
>
> Hi mate, yeah I'm in Belfast. Your name doesn't ring a bell though its
> probably my memory playing up again.

It's been a while, but I was at your house once helping to test your Cat5e
outlets. Must be over 2 yrs back now.

> Don't know Harpers. I did a Yell search - are they "E.J Harper
& Co.Ltd"?
>

Yip, in the Castlereagh area. They are a specialist cable supplier, selling
wholesale, and aren't really geared for selling to the public, but
hopefull=
y
should help if you turned up.

>> I had a quick look at the Mills site - still fairly dear at 120+
quid
> for a wall mount and 240+ for a standalone rack............I guess I
> could use a small wall-mount for the patch panel, switch, and a few
> light Mini-ITX servers and then put the main (heavy) fileserver
elsewhere=
.

Indeed, these racks aren=92t exactly cheap. The 6U basic rack I got cost
le=
ss
than =A3100 but didn't have the hinged rear section.

> I'm only getting back into the HA stuff now as the last year or two my
> money was being spent on my other toy -
> http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~tangram/trike/=20

:) I think you could get quite a few servers and racks for the price that
toy has cost you!=20

Stephen




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