Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 18:31:45 +0200 From: Len Conrad <lconrad@Go2France.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rackmount Servers Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.0.20001016182641.05caad40@mail.Go2France.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10010160853300.26793-100000@misery.sdf.com> References: <5.0.0.25.0.20001016112218.04c9a110@mail.Go2France.com>
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> I wouldn't consider either Dell or Compaq propietary hardware, >especially Dell. Dell is just a system assembler, they don't make any >components themselves. yes, but can you just slip out a Dell p/s or mobo and replace it with another non-Dell p/s or "standard" Asus/Abit ATX mobo. That's what I mean by "proprietary". If I have to use Dell-brand mobo's, it's proprietary. > > Buy 1U and 2U empty cases, and build your own servers and appliances > > from quality components. > > Most 1U cases don't allow redundant power supplies. nope, haven't found one here. > Power supply failures are either the number 1 or number 2 source > of system failures. yep, in fact you can't really spend too much on the original p/s, seeing what one failure is going to cost. 150K hours MTBF is what some p/s mfrs like PC Power Cooling quote. Very hard to get our local compenents guy to quote MTBF. I think "Fortron" is known to be industrial, rather than consumer, quality p/s. http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com: ISC BIND 8.2.2 p5 installable binary for NT4 http://IMGate.MEIway.com: Build free, hi-perf, anti-spam mail gateways To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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