[olug] Community Colo Project

[Dan Linder]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Dan Clough <dclough at gmail.com> wrote:

> We should establish physical requirements for servers.  I think
> rackmountable, 4U and under is fair, since shelving tower servers would be
> space-consuming in a standard datacenter.  If, however, we aren't in a
> traditional data center such as Pinpoint or Cosentry, then we could use a
> bakers rack or some other setup for tower servers.
>
> Thoughts?  Suggestions?  Disagreements? ;)
>

If we're limited to a 19" rack, then I think limiting the servers to 4U is a
good idea (including height of shelf - those lips can be a buggar to work
around).

If the location is flexible, I'd vote for the bakers rack so we can
accommodate older spare hardware servers.

With Reboot The User gone, I don't know where to point someone to buy an
entry-level server?

If space isn't much of an option, I'd push for both rack options but reserve
the true 19" rack for rack-mount equipment only.

Dan

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