Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!sgi!shinobu!odin!vball!ted From: ted@vball.sgi.com (Ted Wilcox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: Rack mounted 4D/20 Message-ID: <1990Aug29.021549.15320@odin.corp.sgi.com> Date: 29 Aug 90 02:15:49 GMT References: <3209@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> <1990Aug25.234947.6323@odin.corp.sgi.com> Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com (Net News) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA. Lines: 37 In hultquis@nas.nasa.gov (Jeff P. M. Hultquist) writes: >> From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) >> >> In <3209@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> buck@drax.gsfc.nasa.gov >> (Loren (Buck) Buchanan) writes: >> >> | A previous posting talked about the chassis of the PI, and that reminded >> | me that our customer would like to have a PI rack mounted rather than >> | eating up floor space. Has anyone done this? Is it available from SGI? >> >> It is certainly doable. We built one (at least) for a trade show, >> but I don't think we or any of our Geometry Partners market such >> a machine. >This would be a great idea. At NASA-Ames, we have several >machine rooms which are full, but only below one's knees. >We have been forced to build shelves in order to get decent >use out of these rooms. (Actually, we use old tables, and >we place machines on top and underneath!) Actually, over here in Personal Systems Division, we do sell rack mount{ed|able} board sets. Right now, we have a 9U 4D20 which has 1 board for the CPU and 1 board for graphics. The graphics has basically the same options you can get on a PI. We have also got a 6U 4D25 which has 3 cards for the CPU and 2 cards for the graphics. The turbo option is not completed yet. Also, I don't think these have been FCC'ed (new verb!) yet. I'll try to get a little more info on exactly what is available and whom to contact for details. >Disclaimer: "I am not a rocket scientist." Heh heh. Very clever, this. | In the Olympic Games, Greeks ran races, jumped, Ted. | hurled the biscuits, and threw the java. ted@sgi.com | -Anonymous history student.