From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 4 13:33:47 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D19F81065672 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:33:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.198]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4E6F8FC12 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:33:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz (ool-435559b8.dyn.optonline.net [67.85.89.184]) by mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0KCY007EM8CAJIQ0@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:33:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by flosoft.no-ip.biz (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n04DXk2Q006005; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:33:46 -0500 Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:33:46 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" In-reply-to: <4ad871310901040530r2a4c280ds188a679c815db657@mail.gmail.com> To: Glen Barber Message-id: <4960BABA.4040705@gmail.com> Organization: FloSoft Systems MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 References: <4960B7D1.1070403@gmail.com> <4ad871310901040530r2a4c280ds188a679c815db657@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081124) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: aryeh.friedman@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:33:48 -0000 Glen Barber wrote: > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman > wrote: > >> I have a server that is a full tower case and want to co-locate it and >> all the providers list pricing in rackmount units.... so what value of x >> in xU should I get? >> > > When it comes to rackmounts, 1U = 1.75 inches. 2U would be 3.5 > inches, etc. I'll let you do the measuring and math. ;) > > > Small related question is there any long term harm to laying a disk on it's side (i.e. it lays flat when the tower is up right but on it's side squeezed into a rack)