[geeks] OT: Pointers for buying System Components (high-end PC server)

[Will McDonald]

On 06/02/06, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> New $ork has me out looking to source high-end server cabinets and misc.
components (at wholesale) and I'm wondering if folks here on the list have any
pointers/vendor suggestions.
>
> My main challenge is to source a 16 drive SATA hot-swap case with room for a
DVD burner and two internal IDE OS drives. The cabinet I am replacing was an 8
drive server case from supermicro that ran about $600-700 itself.
>

Have a look at these guys...

http://store.xinit.com/ecommerce/control/category/~category_id=Storage/~pcate
gory=Hardware

I've never dealt with them personally but their hardware looks
interesting. They have a couple of developers working on the OpenFiler
project and on CentOS I believe.

Will.