Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 19:00:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Arnold <tom@inna.net> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Cc: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>, ulf@Lamb.net, dennis@etinc.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about Cisco 2503i price Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.960801185740.499F-100000@caught.inna.net> In-Reply-To: <199608011929.MAA01978@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
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On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > > Case+powersupply $75 (man, these are expensive compared to .de)
> >
> > What!? My _nice_ Enlight cases cost $65. I can get tin cans for $35.
>
> And the power supply in your Enlight cases has an MTBF of approx 5,000
> hours, or about 6 months continous use. The one in the $35.00 tin cans
> are about the same. The failure mode is usually the fan bushing goes
> out (no one selling power supplies for <$40.00 uses a ball bearing fan.)
I've seen then VERY often from people. The Enlight cases use Ball Bearing
fans, but ALSO, you can buy Ball Bearing fans for around $5.00 at shows
and take the 5 minutes to swap them out. I got cases for my BSD boxes
from a company called American ProImage. They were REAL expensive ( $165
each ) but have swing-open doors, slide out drive cages, and 300watt
MilSpec power supplies that are chunkier then in a Sun.
Anyone prices a replacement cooling fan from Cisco for a 3000 series (
$200+ ) or 2501 series ( $75+ ). Of course, at least in the case of the
3000 series you can get a generic replacement ( same manufacturer but
without Cisco plug ) for $29.
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