[plug] OT server hardware

[Jon Miller]

I found the Li-Lian cases to be a good choice in building server cases as they have cases for quite a good range.  Be forewarned they are  not cheap but they do offer quite a nice range of options.  Check them out either at their website or at Anyware in Herdsman.

Jon L. Miller, MCNE, CNS, ASE
Director/Sr Systems Consultant
MMT Networks Pty Ltd
http://www.mmtnetworks.com.au

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure
 is trying to please everybody." -Bill Cosby



>>> ranz at devdata.net 4:44:04 pm 5/05/2004 >>>
s/They\'re/Their/

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>
>Hi Adam,
>
>I thoroughly recommend Chenbro cases, especially for servers. They have
>heaps of options for redundancy - power, sata back panes etc etc.
>
>They're site is:
>
>http://www.chenbro.com.tw 
>
>If you're interested in getting some - let me know.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Randal Adamson

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au 
[mailto:plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of Adam Davin
Sent: Wednesday, 5 May 2004 9:16 AM
To: PLUG
Subject: [plug] OT server hardware

Good Morning All, 

I was wanting to have a talk to anyone who has had experience with the
INWin2000 server cases or Aopen H800 series. 

I have had a look at both websites (aopen seems to be a bit better on
specs than the inwin site), however its still not the same as actually
having a case in front of you with all the bits installed. 

The main reason I am looking at these cases is that both support dual
power supplies.
The case needs to be able to take a standard atx PIV board (we're not
building _real_ servers here ;), either IDE RAID 1 setup or scsi raid 5
setup (3 scsi drives in 5 drive hotswap bay), cdrom, zip or tape drive,
floppy drive. 

Are there any other cases I should look at, can anyone recommend a
distributor for any of these cases (or any others?) 

Are there any gotcha's I should be aware of. 

Thanks in Advance

Regards, 

Adam Davin
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