Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 12:38:17 -0600 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> To: Mike Squires <mikes@sir-alan.chem.indiana.edu>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Drive cooling Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.20000309123817.0093e790@207.227.119.2> In-Reply-To: <200003092212.RAA67477@sir-alan.chem.indiana.edu>
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At 05:12 PM 3/9/00 -0500, Mike Squires wrote: > >The cheapest method is to bolt a 5 inch fan to two front panel blanking plates, >with an empty space the size of one plate inbetween, and then connect it to >the PS. This will be more reliable than the $150/each drive trays, since >the fans are larger and can be easily monitored and you eliminate several >SCSI connectors with each drive supported this way. It does look ugly, >though... SuperMicro's 750 cases (AT or ATX) have cages that mount on either side of the drive bay. The covers have vents, so you can set up a nice push/pull cooling setup. Jeff Mountin - jeff@mountin.net Systems/Network Administrator FreeBSD - the power to serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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