Search Again: Re: Need a recommendation From: John May Date: Friday, April 4, 2003 Time: 4:12:59 pm G4's with ATX-size power supplies (I believe anything pre-quicksilver - maybe even the quicksilver boxes) go into standard PC 2U rack cases real easily. Hardest part is drilling some holes to mount the motherboard on some standoffs. No need to pay a fortune for expensive "custom" solutions. - John >andrew kagan wrote on 4/4/2003 1:05 PM > >>Use a 1U case for an IMAC, and run QuickDNS on OS9. >>Use a 1U case for an IMAC and run EIMS 3.2 on OS9. >>Pros: low cost, stable and secure >>Cons: disk access is primary importance on an EIMS server, and the IMAC only >>supports ATA, whereas I'd prefer U320 SCSI for the EIMS server. >> >>Alternative: Put a G3/G4 in a 4U case with SCSI drives for the EIMS >>server...but now I'm at 5U. > > > >If you go OS X all the way, there is no reason you can't have both >services running on the same box. > >We've been running the "OS X" version of QDNS (BIND) for over a year now >with zero problems and maximum uptime. > > >It's too bad the only 2U solution for G4s is rather expensive > >http://www.gvstore.com/apg4wor733.html > > >We really want low profile for the cabinets, but want to use faster SCSI >drives which, as sated before, are not available in the Xserve. > > > > > >Regards, >Brian Blood Macintosh-based >Senior Technical Partner Web Hosting & QuickTime Streaming >MacServe.net Colo your XServe for $100/month -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- John May : President <http://www.pointinspace.com> Point In Space Internet Solutions jmay@pointinspace.com LPA Corporate Partner / FSA Associate ICQ: 35902494 Lasso 5 + 6 / PHP / MySQL / FileMaker Pro Hosting Now Available!

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