From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Oct 16 5:20:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mail.monmouth.com (mail.monmouth.com [209.191.58.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1334C37B66E for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 05:20:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ops1.monmouth.com (ops-gw-1.monmouth.com [209.191.13.3]) by mail.monmouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA18343 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:20:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20001016081818.00b66718@mail.monmouth.com> X-Sender: mark@mail.monmouth.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:21:04 -0400 To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG From: Mark Subject: Re: Rackmount Servers In-Reply-To: <39EAF07B.5216FA71@lucent.com> References: <5.0.0.25.0.20001016112218.04c9a110@mail.Go2France.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Might want to look at WETEX. (http://www.wetex.com) Good, solid 2u cases and they use a standard ATX PS and can use just about any ATX mother board. Problem is with most 2U and 1u cases, IO and ether is recommended to be onboard as you can only use 3 slots of the riser card with this case. Mark At 08:11 AM 10/16/2000 -0400, J.D McSwain wrote: >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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message