[rescue] hello again, and hardware available

[Patrick Finnegan]

An F6800 isn't rack-mount, it is a rack. From what I remember when they ran
at Purdue, it was a custom cabinet that had some space you could rack-mount
other equipment in like an E10k, not just a rackmount box on rails, like a
E6500.

Pat

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Mauricio Tavares <raubvogel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:26 PM, Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net>
> wrote:
> > On 01/15/15 20:01, Mouse wrote:
> >>> Hey folks, long time no see.  [...]
> >>
> >> Welcome back!
> >>
> >>> So, I have a problem.  I have two Sun Fire 6800 systems [...]
> >>
> >> I just did a little digging for specs.  Sounds like a sweet system, but
> >> one I no way in hell have the resources to house, either at present or
> >> in the foreseeable future.  Which is a pity, because it really does
> >> sound attractive; I've been happy with the SunFires I have (a V20z and
> >> an X4100) - or at least as happy as I can expect for x86-based
> >> machines.  But a half-ton of rack that eats some six KVA is well beyond
> >> both what I can handle now and what I expect to be able to handle
> >> anytime soon.
> >
> > Yeah, I could rearrange my racks to make room, but I don't have the
> > power available to even boot it.
> >
>       Put them  on the bottom as ballast. You know, in case of hurricanes
> >
> > --
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