Re: [cobalt-users] Re: Cobalt Wannabe?

["Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>]

> In cobalt-users digest, Vol 1 #2036, Zeffie wrote:
> >I think thats a bit high....  I would think $500...  There really isn't
> >anything in these things ya know...
>
> $500 ? You ever bought rackmount cabinets before ?

Since about 1985 I have purchaced, designed, built, various boxes.... and
when I stopped working in that area we where only using custom made
boxes....  What else would you use????  I guess I can look into cases....
I can still get (off the shelf) a 4u with ps for $152.66 (18 in stock)

> The retail price of a 1-2 U rackmount cabinet is almost $300,
> including PSU, and a larger 4U cabinet easily does away with $500 or
> more. Add a server mobo, a processor or two, a disk or two, some
> memory, and you're talking way more than $500 in component costs, and
> that's before you start counting the time taken to assemble and
> configure the machine and installation time for the software.

It's a thin metel box with a couple of ears....  Check your local "Custom
Metels" shop....  A good print can go a long way....

> Also,
> you pay for the knowledge of the guys that has to make the first
> setup.

That's image a disk and install it... and maybe see if it runs....

Zeffie