[Cialug] 1U rackmount PSU question

[Tom Pohl]

Actually, stripped down start at $549 right now :)

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/rack_optimized? 
c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

-Tom

On May 23, 2005, at 4:38 PM, David Champion wrote:

> ... which is why several of us have just pointed out some pre-built  
> rackmount systems. Especially in a 1U case, you're going to have all  
> kinds of space & heat issues that you don't have to worry about in an  
> ATX tower.
>
> Calculate how much you're going to "save" by building your own system,  
> add in your time to build it, and then your frustration when your  
> heatsink doesn't fit, or it overheats.
>
> The Dell 1U servers have a (very loud) fan system that blasts a large  
> volume of air thru them, but they keep nice and cool. They have  
> built-in video, dual gigabit ethernet. They have one PCI / PCI-X slot  
> for expansion cards on a sideways riser card.
>
> You can get a stripped down Dell server for about $1k. My sc1425 with  
> 1 2.8ghz xeon, 2 x 80gb SATA drives (using software raid) and 1gb ram  
> was about $1300.
>
> I'm not a salesperson for Dell, but I'm really happy with them. Of  
> course, DW does resell Dell servers, he can give me a kickback if you  
> buy one from him. :p
>
> -dc
>
> Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>> You may also need a low-profile heatsink/fan combination depending  
>> upon what
>> processor you are using.
>> -Nate
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jonathan Bailey [mailto:jcbailey@code0.net] Sent: Monday, May  
>> 23, 2005 3:56 PM
>> To: cialug@cialug.org
>> Subject: [Cialug] 1U rackmount PSU question
>> Well, I decided to just buy a case and recycle my old motherboard/ram  
>> that
>> has been serving me well... I do have one question though. I'm trying  
>> to
>> figure out what kind of PSU I can use. I know the 1U PSU is a  
>> different
>> beast, but besides that, are they pretty standard? Here's what I'm  
>> looking
>> at:
>> 1U case: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5199481144
>> Possible PSU:  
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5703075771
>> Jon
>
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