On Sep 26, 2010, at 8:26, Chris Adams <cmad...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > Once upon a time, Joel Jaeggli <joe...@bogus.com> said: >> On Sep 25, 2010, at 9:05, Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us> wrote: >>>>> From the datacenter operator prospective, it would be nice if some of >>>>> these vendors would acknowledge the need for front-to-back cooling. I >>>>> mean, it is 2010. >> >> Bakplanes make direct front to back cooling hard. non-modular platforms can >> do it just fine however. > > There are servers and storage arrays that have a front that is nothing > but hot-swap hard drive bays (plugged into backplanes), and they've been > doing front-to-back cooling since day one. Maybe the router vendors > need to buy a Dell, open the case, and take a look.
The backplane for a sata disk array is 8 wires per drive plus a common power bus. > > The server vendors also somehow manage to make an empty case that costs > less than $10,000 (they'll even fill it up with useful stuff for less > than that). Unit volume is little higher, and the margins kind of suck. There's a reason why hp would rather sell you a blade server chassis than 16 1us. Equating servers and routers is like equating bouncy castle prices with renting an oil platform. > -- > Chris Adams <cmad...@hiwaay.net> > Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services > I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. >
