From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 4 16:36:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBC191065704 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 16:36:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.198]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E05F8FC1F for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 16:36:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz (ool-435559b8.dyn.optonline.net [67.85.89.184]) by mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0KCY00BBBGS3DQJ0@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:36:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by flosoft.no-ip.biz (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n04Ga3eY006661; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:36:03 -0500 Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:36:03 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" In-reply-to: <4960E4F1.20209@radel.com> To: Jon Radel Message-id: <4960E573.40805@gmail.com> Organization: FloSoft Systems MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 References: <4960B7D1.1070403@gmail.com> <4ad871310901040530r2a4c280ds188a679c815db657@mail.gmail.com> <20090104162419.GB68124@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <4960E4F1.20209@radel.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081124) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: aryeh.friedman@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:36:05 -0000 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 and generally uses up a bit more space in the rack. I suggest you > discuss this all with your vendor; they're the only people who know what > they're willing to do and how much they'll charge for it. > > --Jon Radel > jon@radel.com > The vender I have in mind has a tower price and thats how we are going so the question is pretty much mute except for future reference