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Cases That Can House Multiple Motherboards?

Posted by Cliff on from the silicon-sardine-cans dept.

full-case asks: "Due to some interesting politics at the ISP where I work, I can run two machines in the colocation room for free if and only if they both occupy the same case. As it turns out, I have two (standard ATX-form-factor) motherboards with associated sundry that would really like to be colocated, and I know I've heard of cases that will accept multiple motherboards, but I can't for the life of me find one that will take the right size. The only ones that I can find are either in the $6k price range, or this sort of thing, which requires special ultra-tiny motherboards. I figure I would be served better by having a 4U case divided internally to mount two motherboards; both machines will fit nicely into a 2U case separately...but does such a beast exist, or can it be (cheaply) assembled from parts?"

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  1. RLX's Transmeta Servers by scotpurl · · Score: 3, Interesting

    http://www.rlx.com/product/

    The 1U unit holds SIX computers. The 3U unit holds 24 computers.

    Not real cheap, but not outrageous, either. Neato remote management tools, too.

  2. This is a textbook case for roll-your-own by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Since it is not going to be sitting in you living room or on your desk, who cares what it looks like. Just grab an old milk crate, or some plasic 12-gallon box, or whatever. Stick it all in there. Done. It would probably take you less time than searching the Net, posting to /. and reading all the replies. Not to mention cost you a heck of a lot less. Think Recycle. What do you have around the house/office that would work? The only thing I wouldn't suggest would be bolting two cases together without "moding" the overall appearance so that it doesn't look like, well, two cases bolted together, because if your ISP is going to complain about two computers, they probably are anal enough to complain about two computers bolted together. But hey, just buy some particle board and stick in all in a box. Don't forget the convienient carrying handle. :-)