custom? as you you purchased some sheet metal and went to work bending and adding screw holes?
well... I hadn't thought about 1U... figured the size would be too cost prohibitive, but if cost is not prohibitive, that would probably be fine. ...IronMountain?? The records management company?? On 2/19/07, Shane O'Donnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The 2U Oculan boxes were custom. The 1U Oculan boxes (short depth) were Supermicro. Do you need 2U? IronMountain has a couple that might fit the bill if 1U works. Shane O. On 2/19/07, David McDowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, so I'm searching around for a 2U rackmount case that is only 14" > deep (I think they list most of these as 13.9" technically *shrugs*) > I'm not sure I feel satisfied with the ones I'm seeing on NewEgg. > I've also visited servercase.com and rackmountnet.com. I'm not sure I > have a preference on PCI slots... 5-7 1/2 height or 2 or 3 full size > using a riser... so that said, here's what I hope to put in it: > > 1. probably intel board, core 2 duo (if not outragiously priced). > I'm hoping for onboard video (no need for 3D, just a linux console > going here) and onboard gigabit NIC, still prefer PS/2 keyboard if > possible, will get a USB keyboard if I have to. > 2. 1.5 or 2GB ram... definitely not more than that. > 3. SATA drive I'm hoping... 200GB or so > 4. CentOS 4.4 > > I'll be running CentOS 4.4 in VMware Server FREE edition on top of the > host CentOS 4.4... only 1 VM for now, but this is for ease of recovery > in wake of a hardware disaster as I'll be snapshotting elsewhere. > I'll also be rsync'n data to an external backup drive separate from > the VM snapshots. No, i haven't lost any data recently, my current > backups are OK, but I want more. I had power outtages last night... > the power supply on my current 2U is starting to get wonky after that. > I also had to literally beat my fw's hd with a hammer to get it > spinning back up after being turned off when my UPS ran out of juice. > > here's one from rackmountnet, but it seems pricey: > > http://www.rackmountnet.com/Rackmount-Chassis/2U-Entry-Level-Chassis/2U-Rackmount-Chassis-5-bays-139-depth-power-supply-optional-IPC2ES/ > > and it doesn't come with power supply, so how much more will I have to > spend? > > Recommendations? I'm all ears. Anyone know which exact 2Us were > bought for Oculan or who the vendor was?? I'd love my new one to be a > close resemblance to that one. It's small and slick. > > thanks, > David > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- Shane O. ======== Shane O'Donnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==================== -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
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