I've seen 1U cases with PS for around $200 -- add the low-pro fan for $50, then the rest of the system should still come in a hair under $600. www.tigerdirect.com has rackmountable barebones starting in the $600s -- here's one: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Edp No=297503&CatId=1205 (P4/2.0, 512MB, 40GB $650).
Personally, I think rack-mounting really isn't worth the price unless you pay for your rackspace. I picked up a half dozen desktop-cases for $25/each, and they're equivalent to 3U+ rackmounts, with the exception of price. My arrangement of choice for my home-office is a "horizontal Rack" -- My $70 "Industria" Chrome wire-shelf (from Sam's Club) currently holds seven mini-towers, one desktop case, 6UPSs, printer, scanner, two hubs, router, KVM, fax machine and various boxes with supplies. Of course I could fit most of this into a 20-30U rack, but it' simply cost prohibitive ($2,500+)... And it still wouldn't fit printer and scanner. > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven P. Donegan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 12:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] System Reqirements HELP > > > Jay Milk wrote: > > >You overpaid. Whether it's a P4 OR a Celeron (which one is it?), a > >2.2Ghz machine with 256MB RAM and two small drives shouldn't > have cost > >you more than $400-$500. I got a 2.7GHz Celeron/MB combo for $120 > >(less $40 rebate), 256MB RAM for $40 and 40GB drives > shouldn't run you > >more than $50/each. $100 more of it's a P4 instead of a > Celeron. Add > >a > >case+PS for $40-$50. > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Steven P. Donegan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:45 AM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] System Reqirements HELP > >>I bought a 5013G-i barebones 1U from Supermicro > (www.supermicro.com). > >>Nice chassis :-) Added 256M ram and a 2.2 Ghz p4 celeron and > >>2 40g ata > >>133 ide drives - complete 1U rack mountable system for <1k$. > >>Installed > >>RedHat 9 plus all updates/errata, my Asterisk CVS get/make/install > >>scripts and voila - instant Asterisk box :-) This makes > >>Asterisk #3 in > >>the home network :-) > >> > >>The SIP stuff you reference is dead easy. The ISDN - well, ISDN is > >>pretty much dead here in the US (except PRI) so on that I'm > >>sure someone > >>else will assist. > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Asterisk-Users mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/aster> isk-users > >>To > >>UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >> > >> > >> > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Asterisk-Users mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > > > This is a 1U chassis - the bare chassis is 500$ (with motherboard, > floppy, cdrom, power supply) the rest I added myself. And if you know > where you can get a proper 1U rackmount bare bones box for > less I'm all > ears..... (if you can I'll be surprised - I've been building > PC's from > scratch for as long as PC's have existed - before that it was S100 > system - before that it was truely from scratch :-) > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/aster> isk-users > To > UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
