[Sunhelp] Rack mount E3500

[Tom Jones]

When I was an SE with a Sun VAR, we used to resell the sharkrack cabinets and mounting kits for the E3500.  The E3500
has a different airflow pattern than most systems, draws air in from above, pulls it down across the boards, and exhausts
it at the bottom of the cabinet.  Sharkrack's kit includes special hardware to maintain the proper airflow.  Mounting an
E3500 in a standard rack might restrict the proper airflow and may cause excessive heat buildup.  Sun doesn't even
provide a solution to rack mounting E3500s in their datacenter cabinets.

Tom Jones
----- Original Message ----- 
From: ds <ds at primenet.com>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 9:20 PM
Subject: [Sunhelp] Rack mount E3500


> We have two E3500's that are used within a production surrounding where
> people are shuffling around them everyday.  I would like to see them in
> a rack, up off the floor and out of the way (possibly in the air
> conditioned, fire protected computer room about 30' away).  Currently we
> straddle them down on the floor under a table when we need to use them
> (what a way to treat a couple 3500's).
> 
> Since Sun's rack config starts at $7,500 dollars... I was thinking of
> purchasing a PC rack to place it in.  We use Compaq 19" racks ($2,500)
> for all our PC servers (we have a total of about 12 Compaq racks in
> toll).  My thought would be to purchase the floor kits for the E3500's
> ($100 ea.) and then place them on four way mounted shelves in the lower
> portion of the Compaq rack.  Since we need the monitor and keyboards at
> a remote location (about 40' away) we could purchase the 10m
> keyboard/monitor expansion kit ($75 ea.).  Then place a cheap 220
> terminal in the rack as a console for both units... total cost... about
> $3,300 w/tax (I said about).
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> BTW - Before you say it... I know we should do the right thing and buy
> the Sun rack.  I live in a PC world at work... I was placed on the cross
> when I managed to purchase the first Sun (I was required to write 3
> documents outlining why it wasn't a Microsoft based product).  Some
> people STILL are not happy with me 2 years later.  I finally have
> managed to get 11 Sun's in an environment of 4,500 PC's... it's been a
> rough and lonely road (play Violin here).  There is NO WAY I will get
> them to lay out that much cash for a Sun rack.
> 
> Dean
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