[plug] OT server hardware

[Randal Adamson]

Hi,

For the price you pay for Lian Li (correct name!) chassis, you could buy
two or three other brands (like Chenbro) which, in my opinion, are just
as good quality. That leaves you with more dollars to throw on more
important things -> like bigger SCSI HDD's :P

Ranz

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au
[mailto:plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of Jon Miller
Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 9:11 PM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: RE: [plug] OT server hardware

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/

;P


>
>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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