Jason,
If heat actually *does* become a problem for you, you may want to give a
look at:
http://www.agaweb.com/coolcpu/
Don't laugh. Don't flame me. The guys are serious. And you said you're
'Technologist, cryptogeek, human'.
Regards
Gustav
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?
>
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> Technologist, cryptogeek, human.
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