<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> I'd like to thank all those who responded with their great ideas.. :-) In order to promote K12ltsp in schools we want to "build" .. with the participation of select students, a 75 node P-I cluster and have it run n-number of thin clients in the school that succeeds in getting it to work. The winner will get the cluster & thin clients FREE to use in their school or organisation. With this "stunt" we hope to raise the visibility of Linux & K12 in our area, once done we'll invite press and school boards to see what Open Source Systems can do !!! So please keep the ideas and suggestions coming. thanks norbert NB Just in case anyone has any doubts ..... YES we are nuts !!! :-D ....... but determined.... <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jritchie@bible.edu">jritchie@bible.edu</a> wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid1089991707.10836.47.camel@penguin"> <pre wrap="">On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 11:21, Doug Simpson wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">You could just take sheets of aluminum and make rack mounts for each board, drilling and tapping the sheet for the standoffs for the motherboards. However, remember you will have to have power supplies for each board. And you will have to leave sufficient room between boards for cards to stand up unless you use fully integrated motherboars (video, LAN, etc. . .) Then there's the thing of cooling air. the boards would have to be far enough apart for the cpu fans to get sufficient air. But then again if you use the integrated boards, some of those fit into the slimline cases so that shouldn;t be a problem. This is a good idea, but it will take a considerable amount of design and fab work to make it happen. But if you already have the motherboards and power supplies and etc, it could be done reasonable inexpensively. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Doug briefly addresses cooling. I'm thinking, unless you mount the Mb's sideways, you will want to not use a cage that is enclosed and cools by sucking air up through it, but rather in the front and out the back or some such type. Sounds like a fun idea to mess with. JSR/ _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.k12os.org"><http://www.k12os.org></a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>