From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 9 14:43:41 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 973E837B401 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 14:43:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from accord.grasslake.net (accord.grasslake.net [209.98.56.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D334E43F93 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 14:43:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from swb@grasslake.net) Received: from swbgx150 (honda.grasslake.net [192.168.1.1]) by accord.grasslake.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h39LhadJ065228 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 16:43:36 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from swb@grasslake.net) Message-ID: <061901c2fee1$15b279b0$62229fc0@ad.campbellmithun.com> From: "Shawn Barnhart" To: References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030409150341.036b4c80@mail.go2france.com> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 16:43:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: Re: Good source of rackmount cases? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 21:43:41 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Conrad" > >Any suggestions? Places that sell rackmount cases are a dime a dozen, but > >referrels from good businesses that people like aren't. > > It's very hard to find cases that accept the 11 inch long adaptec 2400A, > even if you unscrew the handle. > > Getting a deep case of 25 or 26 inches long and/or 2U or 3U is no assurance > that the PCI slot space is 11 inches. > > And if you ask the rackmount sales person, they usually don't know, and > they've got to measure, and then there's room for error and interpretation. Big part of the reason I was asking -- those cards are unusually large and a lot of "beige box" rackmount cases I've seen have weird orientations that leave little room for even a tiny fxp NIC, let alone a honkin' card like the 2400A. Another list member emailed me that he's actually built systems with these cards, so I'd call that a pretty safe bet, although I'd order one before I ordered 5, just to be sure..