m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
Now, about what you're looking to build - you say that you want 1U, and mention rackspace: in my experience, rackmounts are a *lot* larger than a pizza box, so I'm a little confused at the requirements you're building for.
The rack is already full; I only get that 1U of space by removing a spare part to another location, and unfortunately, I have a depth limit due to the power distribution module on the rack rear. These computers are replacing tower PCs that sit on the floor under a desk in a rather hostile environment, so I'd like to move them to either the desktop or the adjacent rack, but have limited space in either location (1U of short-depth rack or about room for a miniITX box on the desk).
-G. -- Glenn Eychaner (geychaner@lco.cl) Telescope Systems Programmer, Las Campanas Observatory
On 08/12/2013 01:22 PM, Glenn Eychaner wrote:
m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
Now, about what you're looking to build - you say that you want 1U, and mention rackspace: in my experience, rackmounts are a *lot* larger than a pizza box, so I'm a little confused at the requirements you're building for.
The rack is already full; I only get that 1U of space by removing a spare part to another location, and unfortunately, I have a depth limit due to the power distribution module on the rack rear. These computers are replacing tower PCs that sit on the floor under a desk in a rather hostile environment, so I'd like to move them to either the desktop or the adjacent rack, but have limited space in either location (1U of short-depth rack or about room for a miniITX box on the desk).
-G.
Glenn Eychaner (geychaner@lco.cl) Telescope Systems Programmer, Las Campanas Observatory
I have a single Zotac ZBOXHD-ID11 mounted in a mobile cart for driving an ancient projector for small classroom learning environment. Not sure motherboard designation but CentOS 6.4 upgraded from 6.3 plays very nicely. This is a 64 bit system. Not much help and I am having difficulty seeing all your requirements being met in an ITX form factor. FWIW, Intel N10/ICH7 chipset, atom quad core CPU.
Cheers.
Glenn Eychaner wrote:
m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
Now, about what you're looking to build - you say that you want 1U, and mention rackspace: in my experience, rackmounts are a *lot* larger than a pizza box, so I'm a little confused at the requirements you're building for.
The rack is already full; I only get that 1U of space by removing a spare part to another location, and unfortunately, I have a depth limit due to the power distribution module on the rack rear. These computers are replacing tower PCs that sit on the floor under a desk in a rather hostile environment, so I'd like to move them to either the desktop or the adjacent rack, but have limited space in either location (1U of short-depth rack or about room for a miniITX box on the desk).
Ok, here's a suggestion: just get the miniITX, and use a desktop with a dual display - you could ssh in (what I have here). The other option... have you considered using a KVM to eliminate some of the clutter on the rack? Or use two of the monitors on the rack for this?
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