From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Oct 16 5:12: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from ihemail1.firewall.lucent.com (ihemail1.lucent.com [192.11.222.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFC0737B502 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 05:12:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ihemail1.firewall.lucent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ihemail1.firewall.lucent.com (Pro-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA16987 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:12:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cbemh.cb.lucent.com (h135-7-35-160.lucent.com [135.7.35.160]) by ihemail1.firewall.lucent.com (Pro-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA16979 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:11:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: by cbemh.cb.lucent.com (8.8.8+Sun/EMS-1.5 sol2) id IAA18517; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:11:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lucent.com by cbemh.cb.lucent.com (8.8.8+Sun/EMS-1.5 sol2) id IAA18511; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:11:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <39EAF07B.5216FA71@lucent.com> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:11:39 -0400 From: "J.D McSwain" Organization: Lucent Technologies X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en]C-CCK-MCD EMS-1.4 (Win98; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Rackmount Servers References: <5.0.0.25.0.20001016112218.04c9a110@mail.Go2France.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've been looking at empty 1u and 2u empty cases. So far I've seen Antec and Itox. Does any one have recommendations? Are most of the power supplies standard in these cases or will I have to purchase extra supplies when I buy? Dale McSwain Len Conrad wrote: > > >*) The server have to be very reliable and solid hardware. > >*) Price is not the main issue > >*) Been located in a small Island far away from anywhere..we do not > >have easy access to suppliers for replacements, spares etc....hence > >reliability. > > > > Would you recommend going for compaq or dell solution? > > In your situation, I wouldn't touch proprietary hardare. > > Buy 1U and 2U empty cases, and build your own servers and appliances > from quality components. > > Len > > http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com: ISC BIND 8.2.2 p5 installable binary for NT4 > http://IMGate.MEIway.com: Build free, hi-perf, anti-spam mail gateways > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message