[PLUG] Rack-mount cases for linux boxes

[Matt Alexander]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 mikeraz at patch.com wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 06:35:44AM -0700, Paul Heinlein typed:
> > FWIW: Here's my take on the various xU sizes:
> >
> > * 1U  : looks cool, but loud since tiny fans spin so quickly
>
> And as soon as you have more than three of them stacked up the
> cable management gets to be a huge PITA.  Especially if you have
> KVM cables running to each.

Which is why I like IBM's breakout cables for their Xseries 1U servers.
One cable comes off the server which then connects with the KVM cables
(under the floor).