> In message <176uZD2KcidF-pn2-eEThf2DOxLoM@rikki.tavi.co.uk>, Bob Eager
> spamcop.net> writes

>>On Tue, 27 May 2008 13:42:20 UTC, Simon Burley privacy.net> wrote:
>>

>>> Not looking for the latest powerhouse machines, something p3-ish would
>>> be fine. Nothing need be hotswap-able.
>>>
>>> Must be 1u and preferably with 1000mm deep rails and dual network
>>> interfaces.

>>
>>Those rails are bloody big!

>
> That's about right for Dell servers. I've seen what happens when someone
> buys a cheap 800mm cabinet and then gets their first Dell server. You
> end up taking both the front and rear doors off. On one site I had to
> budget about three grand extra on the price of a server for having the
> old six foot rack removed and replaced so that we could rack-mount the
> new server with slides.