I use Supermicro 5015A-EHF-D525 1U servers in a 19" cabinet. they are fairly quiet. you can usually find reasonably priced used 12U or 24U cabinets at places like RE-PC.
i've not found a good way of mounting Sheeva and RPi cpu's in the cabinet. On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Aram Hăvărneanu <ara...@mgk.ro> wrote: > I want to replace my CPU and file servers. I don't need much > performance, a new Atom is more than enough, but I'd like something > that supports at least 8GB RAM. This board seems nice: > http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/X9/X9SBAA-F.cfm. > > Where to put it though? > > I want something completely silent. Think Soekris but 64 bit and > with a faster CPU. That means no PSU fan. Low power Atom boards > consume less power than laptops, I don't understand why nobody seems > to produce a design that does not use a fan for the PSU. The CPU > servers will be diskless, but for the file server I'd like something > that can fit a few drives. That means more than two. Four would be > ideal. > > I am not limited to that board nor to Atom CPUs. I am curious what > other 9fans use or would like to use. Thanks. > > -- > Aram Hăvărneanu > >
