Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:25:46 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Samuel Clements <sclements@linkline.com> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: RFC: Chenbro Chassis (RM214) Message-ID: <20040622222032.Y845@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20040623011057.343DE1AA@smtp2.linkline.com> References: <20040623011057.343DE1AA@smtp2.linkline.com>
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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Samuel Clements wrote: >> As far as Chenbro, avoid at all costs. We had nothing but trouble with >> them. The backplane connections are non-standard (male to female,) and the >> backplanes frequently lost entire channels due to shoddy quality and >> failing to follow SCSI specifications. Heat was a constant problem due to >> a >> flawed layout, and the fans were pretty much worthless. I wouldn't take >> another one if someone paid me. > > > We've had really good experiences with the RM225 chassis from chenbro, but > they do not use backplanes and yes, we do replace the fans with ball-bearing > ones. This particular chassis is excellent for use if you only need two > fixed hard drives and/or multiple 3.5 or 5.25 devices. I don't know if it's > qualified for this particular board or not, but you may want to ask your > reseller about available PSU's, etc... The one we are looking at is: http://www.chenbro.com.tw/product/product.jsp?p=3&s=302&pid=22 With Dual-460W power supply ... Looks good ... 3x80mm fans + 4cm fan on rear panel ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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