-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO" brian.kelsay@kcc.usda.gov

Depends if you already have the drives and other hardware. A 1U or 2U case can cost from $250-500. In a 1U, you may need to get low-profile RAM or CPU heatsink/fan to gain enough space to fit everything in the case. Those are really the only specialty parts in a 1U. You may want to add more case fans, depending on what comes with your case and the open fan slots available. As you add more drives, you need more air flow.

That said, hear this. I would not necessarily run most business critical functions off something like this. For personal use it's cool, but you don't want to have heat-related lockups in a business because you went cheap. There is such a thing as server-class motherboards. They are built a bit tougher and with better components, but they cost about 2-3x your average motherboard.

Brian

-----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of hanasaki

Thinking of recycling a socket A ATX mobo into a 1U server. Any thoughts on this? Is it possible? Will it end up costing more than just buying a 1U server? What hardware would it take and cost to do this and have three HD in it. === Drives

1. boot and the OS

2,3 Linux Software mirrored - hot swap

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Don't forget to have a motherboard with ONBOARD everything. You get 1 pci reiser card as an expensive option for some cases (I am sure it comes with some).