[Soekris] 1U Cases

[Michael DeMan]

Is this to make a blade client for the Soekris, or to use it as a blade
itself?  I could see massive value in a low-cost CompactFlash based blade
unit that could NFS mount a drive over the PCI bus like omnicluster.com
does.

The key thing is to keep the CPU/board platform minimal, similar to the
4501, yet allow the capability to talk to a host system via PCI that appears
as an ethernet port.  That way a cheap 3U intel box w/RAID can host a bunch
of dedicated servers for customers with high availability and none of the
hassles of vmware.

- Mike


On 9/10/02 10:50 PM, "Brandon R. Bennett" <bennetb at acs-sdc.com> wrote:

> I was thinking of making a 3u blade for my net4521.  Never really done it
> yet, but heres a link that might help.
> 
> http://www.proformance.net/Catalog/rack_accessories_50428_products.htm
> 
> You can get one of those boxes and add your own standouts in the right
> spots, and then use a dremel to cut out the spots needed.
> 
> Brandon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: soekris-tech-admin at lists.soekris.com
> [mailto:soekris-tech-admin at lists.soekris.com]On Behalf Of Muiz Motani
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 11:00 PM
> To: soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
> Subject: [Soekris] 1U Cases
> 
> 
> I would like to package the net4501 in a 1U case. My dilemmas are:
> 
> 1.How do I get a backplane to match the RJ45 ports, the serial port and DC
> Power jack?
> 
> 2.How do I make sure that the case has the mounting holes in the right place
> for this board?
> 
> 3.How do I make sure that the case has a cutout in the right place for the
> PCI card?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.--
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