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Original Message 1/28 28-Nov-00 @ 07:00 PM - Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

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anyone tried one/use one ?

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Message 2/28 28-Nov-00 @ 08:24 PM - RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

Defector Z

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can you give me a model number or something? My company here has a bunch of 1u rack servers from Compaq. Pretty tight inside, from what I have seen, and it looks like there's VERY little room for an PCI cards.

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Message 3/28 28-Nov-00 @ 10:15 PM - RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

99devils

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Dell has them too, and we have a couple.
They've been solid so far...

Looking at the one I just pulled up it'd
be a sweet system too: 18GB 10k RPM
SCSI drive, 800 mhz CPU, 256 MB of
RAM... $1700 (educational pricing, so
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Message 4/28 28-Nov-00 @ 10:16 PM - RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

99devils

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Should mention that's for Linux
(cheaper), and you'll need to come up
with the OS on your own.

-Craig

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Message 5/28 28-Nov-00 @ 10:24 PM - RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

MEGA.TINO

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---Compac makes really good servers... weird huh?.
You'd think that the worst home pc company in the world (short of gateway, and maybe nec, but then again they got bought by compac) wouldn't be able to do anything in the server market but i know that they are running just as reliable as our poweredge boxes. still no as-400 though
we have been using about 9 rack mounted compacs to run the telephony vlan at work and we haven't had a single problem... yet.

MEGA.tINO

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Message 6/28             28-Nov-00 @ 11:25 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

k

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poweredge server i thought were in a normal case??

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Message 7/28             28-Nov-00 @ 11:25 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

thanxfere the fucking html by the way

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!!

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Message 8/28             29-Nov-00 @ 04:04 AM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

MEGA.TINO

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yep... big square - dell

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Message 9/28             29-Nov-00 @ 06:28 AM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

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haha. craig fucked up the html

it all looks nice centered tho.

forget the, uh part?

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Message 10/28             29-Nov-00 @ 12:59 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

k

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i mean the SINGLE DEPTH 19" RACK SERVERS... NOT the normal huge ones - they are ONE rack unit deep

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Message 11/28             29-Nov-00 @ 02:04 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

Defector Z

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Well, I'm looking at a Compaq ProLight DL360. Dual processor, raid card w/ 2 hd's that mirror eachother. 1 unit server. Expensive. Our PC tech says some people think it's crap (didn't elaborate) but he finds they work good. We've got a bunch of them. What other info are you looking for?

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Message 12/28             29-Nov-00 @ 05:30 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

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i just wondered how they ventilated them, i wondered if they were quiet... i thought it might make a good rack-PC for music assuming it'll take a PCI device or two

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Message 13/28             29-Nov-00 @ 05:51 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

MEGA.TINO

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K- our compacs are very quiet and they do not get that much air and it has never caused a problem. We keep about 3 stacked ontop of eachother in a glass server case and it is never any warmer then the room its in.tino

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Message 14/28             29-Nov-00 @ 05:52 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

Defector Z

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Ahhh. Well, there's two PCI slots in the back, horizontal-like. Don't know what you can put in 'em, though. There's 4 DIMM spots at a 45 degree angle. VERY LOUD fans. I see ventilation on the top from 4 areas, and from the back there's a couple of openings. I sit right across from the PC tech who has one in his cube. I can't hear SHITE when I'm on the phone. I've repeatedly asked to either move the server or move me because I can't work when it's on. You know, being the audio guy and all. Even my nice headphones don't help much. My recommendation is DON'T get one unless you can stick it in another room.

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Message 15/28             29-Nov-00 @ 10:04 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

99devils

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The Dells can be bought in 1U high
rackmountable form, k... They are deep
though... Much deeper than any audio
equipment. Is that what you're asking?

-Craig

PS sorry for fucking up the HTML.

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Message 16/28             30-Nov-00 @ 01:46 AM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

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Message 19/28             30-Nov-00 @ 04:56 AM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

k

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heh heh you aint seen the depth of some of those yamaha delays !!!... i've got a power-switching rack, previously used to rack the mains power switches for a 6 storey office building :]

stiiiill... what about monitor & mouse & keyboard vable lengths?.. are there restrictions?.. ive never heard it asked..

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Message 20/28             30-Nov-00 @ 02:54 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

99devils

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I don't know. As far as the Dell stuff
goes, I'm sure I could find out pretty
much anything you wanted about them
since we do have a State Contract with
Dell they tend to say how high when we
say jump

-Craig

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Message 21/28             30-Nov-00 @ 04:44 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

k

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ok, how much, and how many cpu's can they fit running NT5 ??

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Message 22/28             30-Nov-00 @ 08:54 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

99devils

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The ones we have are 2u high. I believe
they can be ordered up to 4-way. Not
sure about price. Let me do some digging.

-Craig

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Message 23/28             30-Nov-00 @ 09:30 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

99devils

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The 2u chassis supports 2 CPUs, $2570
gets you a dual P-III 733, 256MB RAM,
18GB SCSI hard disk. 4-way boxes have
all sorts of shit you probably don't
want to pay for, like SCSI backplane,
etc... They are fucking expensive. You
can get an 8-way box from them if you've
got sick cash (and 8u of rack space).

They don't exactly make the servers for
deranged, power-hungry musicians ;-)

-Craig

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Message 24/28             30-Nov-00 @ 11:32 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

k

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well, what does it cost for a mixer, quality fx, synths & a powerful pc system & all stands racks & cables etc?... if it does all those things..??

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Message 25/28             01-Dec-00 @ 04:23 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

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Good point k, the amount of stuff you can do on a decent spec pc, nobody should bitch about the price....
I'm not sure you need server spec hardware for audio though, unless mebbe you are running a commercial studio, in which case the reliability factor would make it worth shelling out for the redundant power supplies, extra fans, raid adapters, drool drool, I'm getting excited now. I need to get out more....btw we use compaq proliant servers at work, they do seem to be very dependable, but their desktops are shite. Another thing - we just odered some new racks for the proliant stuff - they are 800 quid a go !!!

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Message 26/28             01-Dec-00 @ 06:09 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

k

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sure but thats the golden rule with compaq isn't it ? - 'Servers good - desktops shite'

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Message 27/28             01-Dec-00 @ 06:57 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

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I suppose you're right but the economics
of scale don't hold up past 2-way
boxes.. You don't need Ultra-SCSI3
backplanes with hot-swappable RAID
arrays. It'll cost you $20k minimum for
an 8-way box, when you could be saving
yourself like $8k of that by ditching
the backplane/RAID stuff, fibrechannel
interfaces, etc...

What you really want is a
workstation-class machine that
rackmounts, not really a server..

Hmm... Maybe one of those SGI boxes?
They're only two processor though..

Well, since you asked, I surfed back on
over to Dell.com... A 4-way P-III Xeon
700mhz system with 1GB of RAM, two 18GB
10k RPM SCSI drives will cost you
$14,299. It fits in 4u of rack space.

The 8 way box with the same specs is
$33,727

-Craig

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Message 28/28             01-Dec-00 @ 11:42 PM   -   RE: Those COMPAQ 1U rack servers

aaron

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y not buy a shithot pc and put it in one of these?

or, one of these

or just check out the site for the full line.

aaron

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