From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Jul 12 10:39:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from imo-r10.mx.aol.com (imo-r10.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FBEB37B405 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2001 10:39:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Bsdguru@aol.com) Received: from Bsdguru@aol.com by imo-r10.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v30.22.) id h.65.170e42f2 (4415); Thu, 12 Jul 2001 13:39:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Bsdguru@aol.com Message-ID: <65.170e42f2.287f3ac4@aol.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 13:39:16 EDT Subject: Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable To: crandall@matchlogic.com, isp@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 139 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In a message dated 07/11/2001 3:14:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, crandall@matchlogic.com writes: > Don't know how this ended up on -hackers, but... > > The 1U server market is indeed hot (pun intended). > > Take a look at the new 1400 series from iXsystems (www.ixsystems.net -- > formerly BSDi, formerly Telenet) and the Dell 1550. I've tested both systems > and was impressed by both. If you're buying more than a few machines, Dell > has some very aggressive pricing. > > Charles the fact that you were impressed doesnt mean that they are adaquately cooled or anything else. Are you implying that just because something is popular it is well-engineered? There is less than 1" of space above the cpu in a 1U unit, which doesnt leave enough space for an approproate heat-sink and fan for high Mhz cpu. Yes they will run, and may never fail, but they are not as reliable as 2U units which allow for a more appropriate heat sink and larger fans. Bryan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message