[mythtv-users] NAS mobo

Dean Collins Dean at cognation.net
Thu Aug 28 21:19:55 UTC 2008


I missed the start of this discussion but what about checking out the
Thecus N5500B Pro or if you can wait a month or so the N7700 and the
N8800 (this is the 2ru rackmount version).

I've been researching for a few days and these seem to be the best bang
for buck at the moment.


Cheers,

Dean



-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Brian Wood
Sent: Thursday, 28 August 2008 12:01 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] NAS mobo

Yan Seiner wrote:
> On Thu, August 28, 2008 7:10 am, John Drescher wrote:
> 
>> Now I wish I had racks at work. In the past I have stayed away from
>> rack mounted equipment because the cost was too much compared to the
>> cost of the rest of the server (less than $1500 US) minus the hard
>> drives. Thanks for the idea. I may still use this being that I have a
>> couple of dozen drives sitting on the shelf waiting to be put into
>> production...
> 
> Yeah, I really think that the whole rack thing is a huge scam.  4 7'
> aluminum channels, a couple of alum angles, and some bolts and you
have a
> rack.  WIth a simple computer controlled machine, you can cut and
drill
> the rack in < 1 minute if you're bulk-feeding the channel.  We're
talking
> maybe $50 in materials in relatively small quantity.  Call it an open
19"
> rack, and you can sell it for $700.
> 
> Gah.  I suspect it has to do with racks being 'capital equipment' and
thus
> you can depreciate them using the 5 year schedule for US taxes.
> 
Typical, but not extreme.

How about when they used to remove all of the expensive RF and IF
components from a TV set and replace them all with a 75-cent BNC jack.
Somehow this increased the price by hundreds of dollars.

Around here we get rack cabinets (not channel type racks, full cabinets)
for free. We just pay a visit to one of the abandoned Atlas Missile
sites in the area.

Nice cabinets too, made by RCA out of 1/4" tool steel, with gasketed
doors front and rear.

It's a bit of work to get them out, but worth it.

The real problem is that racks are not made in consumer-level mass
quantities, and are generally sold to companies who don't care about the
price.

beww

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