[geeks] Compuholics anonymous

[Sridhar the POWERful]

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, David Cantrell wrote:

> > > All G1's are the same size.  They are double-wide 27" racks.  The DASD
> > > controller is a 27" rack, as is each DASD itself.  The controllers can
> > > talk to a If you want a tape drive, that's another one.  Older mainframes
> > > would likely be cheaper, but larger.  They would also consume more power.
> > $1-$2k is a lot less than I would have expected.  The size requirements on
> > them are about what I'd expected though, so I don't have to be rich, I just
> > have to find myself a really large house.
>
> What are the power and cooling requirements?  And how heavy are these
> beasties?

It runs on 120/208.  It's an air-cooled machine, but it helps to have
ducted A/C running to the top of the rack.

Peace...  Sridhar

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