OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
I have a server that is a full tower case and want to co-locate it and all the providers list pricing in rackmount units so what value of x in xU should I get? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 02:48:30PM +0100, Peter Boosten wrote: On 4 jan 2009, at 14:35, Glen Barber glen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman aryeh.fried...@gmail.com Small related question is there any long term harm to laying a disk on

Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 08:30:50AM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman aryeh.fried...@gmail.com wrote: I have a server that is a full tower case and want to co-locate it and all the providers list pricing in rackmount units so what value of x in

Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread Jon Radel
Erik Trulsson wrote: I suspect that many co-location services either only accepts rack-mountable servers, or charge extra for non-rackmounted cases, so it might be worth checking that. A non-rackmountable case would require a shelf of some sort, which costs money and generally uses up a bit

Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
Jon Radel wrote: Erik Trulsson wrote: I suspect that many co-location services either only accepts rack-mountable servers, or charge extra for non-rackmounted cases, so it might be worth checking that. A non-rackmountable case would require a shelf of some sort, which costs money

Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
Erik Trulsson wrote: On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 08:30:50AM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman aryeh.fried...@gmail.com wrote: I have a server that is a full tower case and want to co-locate it and all the providers list pricing in rackmount

Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
Glen Barber wrote: On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman aryeh.fried...@gmail.com wrote: I have a server that is a full tower case and want to co-locate it and all the providers list pricing in rackmount units so what value of x in xU should I get? When it comes to

Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
If a hard disk formatted and used in a position , in that position it may be used if manufacturer is NOT advised a specific position . After loading of files into hard disk , change of position may cause difficulty in reading of already recorded data . This point should be considered . On Sun,

Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread Peter Boosten
On 4 jan 2009, at 14:35, Glen Barber glen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman aryeh.fried...@gmail.com Small related question is there any long term harm to laying a disk on it's side (i.e. it lays flat when the tower is up right but on it's side

Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread Glen Barber
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman aryeh.fried...@gmail.com wrote: I have a server that is a full tower case and want to co-locate it and all the providers list pricing in rackmount units so what value of x in xU should I get? When it comes to rackmounts, 1U = 1.75 inches.

Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread Glen Barber
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman aryeh.fried...@gmail.com Small related question is there any long term harm to laying a disk on it's side (i.e. it lays flat when the tower is up right but on it's side squeezed into a rack) The ideal answer is 'no'. The 'safe' answer is

Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread Wojciech Puchar
1U=4.5cm On Sun, 4 Jan 2009, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: I have a server that is a full tower case and want to co-locate it and all the providers list pricing in rackmount units so what value of x in xU should I get? ___

Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread perryh
Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: 1U=4.5cm Approximately :) At least in the US, 1U = 1.75 inches = 4.445 cm, so an 18cm case will not quite fit into 4U. Perhaps metric racks are different. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread perryh
If a hard disk formatted and used in a position , in that position it may be used if manufacturer is NOT advised a specific position. After loading of files into hard disk , change of position may cause difficulty in reading of already recorded data . This point should be considered . Sun,

Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread Wojciech Puchar
1U=4.5cm Approximately :) at least in poland it's said that. i must check in my 12U rack ;) At least in the US, 1U = 1.75 inches = 4.445 cm, so an 18cm case will not quite fit into 4U. Perhaps metric racks are different. well it will with slight amount of pressure ;) to compensate this

Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case

2009-01-04 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 12:42:02PM -0800, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: If a hard disk formatted and used in a position , in that position it may be used if manufacturer is NOT advised a specific position. After loading of files into hard disk , change of position may cause difficulty in