[cobalt-users] Re: Cobalt Wannabe?

[Johan-Kristian Wold <jkwold@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In cobalt-users digest, Vol 1 #2046, Zeffie wrote
> 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....

Take a look at the boxes on that guys homepage - he isn't buying 
cabinets from ye olde metal shoppe - The cabinet (on the picture, 
that is) is a mass-produced OEM cabinet, and those are a bit more 
sophisticated than "a thin metal box with a couple of ears". If 
you're making a server cabinet, you have to take things like airflow 
and cooling into consideration - especially when using dual 
processors and dual disks. With the config on the homepage, the box 
will be pretty crammed, and that will require more than "just a thin 
metal box".

A 4U afair with a single processor and only a few disks is a much 
simpler afair to handle, though :^)

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

You still have to make something that you're going to be reasonably 
sure a newbie "appliance operator" will get working. That requires a 
bit knowledge and experimentation, which will be reflected in the 
price. I can't really tell whether the guy(s) at RM has done this, so 
the price may be too high after all.

Johan-Kristian
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