On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Jason Costomiris wrote:
> I'm looking at building some big bad servers. I'm faced with choosing
> between building and buying.
>
> I'm considering getting a few of VA's FullOn 2x2 servers configed as:
>
> FullOn 2x2
> 2 x P-III 700
> 512 MB RAM
> Mylex eXtreme RAID 1100/32 MB
> 5 x IBM 32G 7200 RPM (raid 5)
>
> Those are pretty kicking boxes, but my biggest concern is heat.
>
> The cases they are using are 2 RU's tall, which doesn't leave a lot of
> space.
>
> Anyone using these boxes? 5 big SCA drives make a lot of heat, not to
> mention the pair of P-III's. How well do they handle the heat?
We have 12 of them and a pending order for another 30 or so. They are
excellent boxes and the OOB serial console is great. I recommend them.
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