On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:38:27 -0500, Alain wrote:

> Le 2012/03/05 19:54, Francois Labreque a écrit :
>> Le 2012-03-05 14:42, Orchid Win7 v1 a écrit :
>>> On 05/03/2012 18:47, Alain wrote:
>>>> I agree, rack mounting normal motherboards is not the brightest idea.
>>>
>>> OTOH, it seems that any equipment that says "rack mountable" on it is
>>> instantly 5x the price, for no apparent reason...
>>
>> Of course, the engineering that goes in designing the special
>> connectors to power and manage these boards, as well as keep them
>> ventilated comes free of charge, in your world...
>>
>>
> Also, don't forget that most rack mountable components are hot swapable.
> That account for some price increase.
> Want to change that board holding those 4 old single core CPUs with one
> holding 6 8 cores CPUs of the last generation? Disable the board, pull
> it out, push in the new one, fire it and you are good to go.

Most server-class hardware also comes with a support contract with fast 
turnaround.  Service is like insurance - expensive, and you hope you 
never need to use it.

Jim

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