From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 23 01:25:46 2004 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 D82BC16A4CE for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:25:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (u46n208.hfx.eastlink.ca [24.222.46.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4311843D39 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:25:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3872EEAA18; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:25:46 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3714BEAA17; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:25:46 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:25:46 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Samuel Clements In-Reply-To: <20040623011057.343DE1AA@smtp2.linkline.com> Message-ID: <20040622222032.Y845@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20040623011057.343DE1AA@smtp2.linkline.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: "'Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra'" cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: RFC: Chenbro Chassis (RM214) 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, 23 Jun 2004 01:25:47 -0000 On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Samuel Clements wrote: >> As far as Chenbro, avoid at all costs. We had nothing but trouble with >> them. The backplane connections are non-standard (male to female,) and the >> backplanes frequently lost entire channels due to shoddy quality and >> failing to follow SCSI specifications. Heat was a constant problem due to >> a >> flawed layout, and the fans were pretty much worthless. I wouldn't take >> another one if someone paid me. > > > We've had really good experiences with the RM225 chassis from chenbro, but > they do not use backplanes and yes, we do replace the fans with ball-bearing > ones. This particular chassis is excellent for use if you only need two > fixed hard drives and/or multiple 3.5 or 5.25 devices. I don't know if it's > qualified for this particular board or not, but you may want to ask your > reseller about available PSU's, etc... The one we are looking at is: http://www.chenbro.com.tw/product/product.jsp?p=3&s=302&pid=22 With Dual-460W power supply ... Looks good ... 3x80mm fans + 4cm fan on rear panel ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664