[AG-TECH] Newbie-Purchasing Rack Servers

[Bob Huebert]

At 11:24 AM -0700 7/16/01, Roberts, Ian E wrote:
>Hi, my name is Ian. I'm a first-time caller, long time listener.
>
>I've been tasked with setting up our AG node. Money is not a problem, but time
>is. I've read the "Building an Access Grid Node" and "Access Grid Hardware
>Specification" documents, and much of it makes sense, especially the audio and
>video equipment.
>
>When it comes to the computers, I'm getting stuck on how and where 
>to go to buy
>a rack-mounted system. We'll be putting our rack (display, audio, video,
>Gentner) in an adjoining room (in a custom-built box in a network closet
>actually) and I need to specify how big this rack is so the box can 
>get the work
>order placed.
>
>I'll limit my Big Bag O'Questions to just three (and a half):
>
>1. Where do I get a rack?

Ours came from Winsted http://www.winsted.com

>2. Should I buy the rack separate from the computers?
>   2a. If so is there a recommended vendor?
>3. I'm running three projectors, can I just get the Matrox Quad head card?

This the interface we have - works as advertised, although we have 
seen degraded performance of the window manager when there are a lot 
of windows to display.


-bob
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