Harry Waddell wrote:
> Exactly. Check all the basics too, like power and cooling. At the data center
> where I have my systems, and at a few customer sites I manage, I always check
> these things first. Under good conditions, I've had few problems with any
> 2U or larger systems. Also, the systems I've built, or had built to spec
> have survived extremely well compared with systems from the major
> manufacturers. That said, 1U servers can be problematicm e,g, no  
> matter what you buy, cramming 48 1U systems in a cabinet is going to be tricky, 
> especially with newer, hotter cpus. 
> 
> Of course now that I've said this all my systems will spontaneously combust.
> :-)
> 
> 

I have to agree with Harry.

In any case, especially if you're in the Cleveland, OH, USA area, here's the opinion of a collegue:

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-Tim