From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 15 01:36:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFEAF16A4CE for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 01:36:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cromagnon.cullmail.com (cromagnon.cullmail.com [67.33.58.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56C2F43D49 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 01:36:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jamoore@cromagnon.cullmail.com) Received: from cromagnon.cullmail.com (localhost.cullmail.com [127.0.0.1]) i6F1eOtg065891; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 20:40:24 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jamoore@cromagnon.cullmail.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by cromagnon.cullmail.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i6F1eNia065890; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 20:40:23 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jamoore) From: Jay Moore To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 20:40:23 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: <000101c465af$10817be0$6501a8c0@Nomad> <200407120104.38364.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200407142040.23222.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions" cc: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Subject: Re: Rack-Mount Server cases X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 01:36:11 -0000 On Wednesday 14 July 2004 12:54 pm, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > >> I'm just asking opinions here, but: > >> > >> What do you prefer for a 2U rack mount server case? > > I would recommend you avoid the Antec 2U unit (& probably all Antec > > rack-mounts if the 2U is any indication). > > That may well be good advise for the current ones, I don't know. But I > have some 5U with redundant PS Antec cases that are rock solid > (literally), with shock mounted drive cage, everything. Really nice > (except the height). I am still using them after 5 years of constant > use. That's good to hear... I'll keep that in mind if I ever need a 9" tall server :-). I owned two Antec tower cases before I bought their 2U rackmount. I thought the tower cases were good quality. The 2U is just poor layout & design. And it's not inexpensive. Jay