RE: Cheap-ish 9U data cabinet (bargain?)...

["Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not that the original request was about cases but I thought someone
may be interested - I used 4 of these 4U cases:

http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=3FG4

They're excellent quality and have loads of room - good cooling with large
fan options too.

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Stuart Poulton
> Sent: 08 May 2007 09:49
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Cheap-ish 9U data cabinet (bargain?)...
>
> > And I've heard that 1Us can be noisy ... which
> > might imply not going rack-mounted ...
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> 1U servers certainly are noisy, but thats just because of the large
> number of fans required to move enough air through the enclosure to
> keep
> the CPU etc cool.
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> Unless you really need that many servers or have a lack of space, I'd
> suggest 2U or even 4U cases for servers, 4U's having the advantage
that
> you can use full height PCI cards without needing a riser card or any
> sort.
>
> Cheers
>
> Stuart
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